Genre
The story of a person's life written by another person.
What is Biography?
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
A verbal representation of human beings or even animals.
What is character?
A character who experiences an inner struggle because of an inner flaw; that struggle ends in the defeat of the hero
What is a Tragic Hero?
What are Reinforce, Extend, Challenge, Any other verb, Perspective shift?
What is RECAP?
A narrative by or about real people in actual historical or contemporary situations that convey a message about real issues in society.
What is non-fiction?
A comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison (as or like) is used.
What is a metaphor?
The series of events in a story that unfolds.
What is plot?
The words that characters speak in either a play or a narrative that explain their motivation or explain their actions.
What is doalogue?
A type of writing where you persuade or convince the reader or your opinion using facts from outside sources.
What is Argumentative, Persuasive, or Editorial writing?
The form of literature known as a play; consisting of characters and dialogue that plays out the story instead of being told by a narrator.
What is Drama?
When an author's words say one thing but mean the opposite OR when the results of an action are different or the opposite of the intended purpose.
What is Verbal or Situational Irony?
The time, place, or environment in which the actions of a story occur.
What is setting?
The portion of the play or story in which the problem is solved; it comes after the climax and falling action and is intended to bring the story to a satisfactory end
What is resolution?
A type of writing where you explain a process, analyze a text or inform the reader about something, all based on an outside source or author text.
What is expository, analytical, or informative writing?
A narrative story by an author that has a made up characters interacting with each other and taking certain actions, all in a made up setting.
What is fiction?
The use of words to create a certain picture in the readers mind usually based on the five senses.
What is imagery?
The main character or hero of the story.
What is the Protagonist?
When the audience knows something, or sees the character's mistakes but the character does NOT.
What is Dramatic Irony?
A type of writing where you tell a story from a personal first person point of view, embodying a character and using details to bring the story to life.
What is Narrative writing?
What is fantasy or science fiction?
A statement that seems contrary to common sense, yet may, in fact, be true;
"The coach considered this game a good loss."
"Youth is wasted on the young."
What is a paradox?
The person or force challenging the main character.
What is the antagonist?
A speech delivered by a character when he or she is alone on stage; it is as though the character is thinking out loud
What is a soliloquy?
The steps of this strategy include annotating and Questioning, Predicting, Clarifying, Summarizing
What is RT?