Literary Terms
The time and place a story takes place.
What is setting?
Brandon smiled hugely when he saw his mom.
What is happy?
What kind of clause is this?
I ran away from home in 3rd grade.
What is independent clause?
What is the mistake?
Before I was a teacher I worked in a doctor's office.
What is a missing comma after teacher?
The bell rang as I stumbled through the classroom door in my mismatched socks and frizzy, uncombed hair.
What is she slept late?
Understanding characters through what they say, do, think, look like, and effect others.
What is characterization?
Miley volunteers every Sunday at the soup kitchen.
What kind of clause is this?
If you want to.
I really wanted to go to the fair after school I played all the games and won a bear!
What is a period between School and I?
Nancy's nose crinkled as she took a bite of Sam's pie. "HMM....that's good," she said.
What can we infer about her?
What is the pie was not good?
Can be limited or omniscient. Or from a character.
What is point of view?
Lindy elected to carry only a few essentials...The newspapers called him "the flying fool."
How do others characterize Lindy?
What is a fool?
Identify the dependent clause.
While I agree with her, I do not think her delivery was appropriate.
What is While I agree with her?
The writing in those paragraphs are absolutely horrible.
What is "are" should be replaced with "is"?
What figure of speech?
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is Hyperbole
The events that happen consecutively in a story.
What is plot?
Like I said in the meetings, Corin, we do things the way we've always done them, and we usually get really great results. Wo why create a complicated, time-intensive campaign when we can stick with the usual process and wind?
How would you characterize the narrator?
What is unwilling to change?
How many clauses are in the following sentence?
I love eating cheesecake, but cupcakes are also delicious.
What is 2?
I like pie, I baked one yesterday.
What is add a conjunction like 'and' or create two simple sentences?
What figure of speech?
The baby was like an octopus, grabbing for everything in sight.
What is simile?
A group of words that has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
What is a clause?
His face turned beet red and he sputtered trying to find words. Instead of speaking, he turned around aggressively and stormed off.
What is angry?
How many dependent clauses are in this example?
If you could calm down, maybe we can get to the problem you are so worried about because it has been going on for more than two weeks.
What is 2?
After she hit the ball. Jenny ran to first.
What is replace the period with a comma?
The overall idea or message about life in a text.
What is this called?
What is theme?