The most tense point in a story where the main character reaches a turning point.
What is the climax?
100
The narrator tells his personal story.
What is first person point of view?
100
A problem or conflict between a person and him or herself.
What is internal conflict?
100
My mothers birthday is today.
mother's
100
A universal message that a reader uncovers in a story.
What is theme?
200
The very beginning of a story where we are introduced to the characters, setting, and important historical events necessary to understand the narrative.
What is the exposition?
200
The narrator tells a story seen at a distance, giving the thoughts of many characters involved in the conflict.
What is third person omniscient point of view?
200
This is what the main character wants. The author uses this to help create a problem.
What is the character's objective or motivation?
200
If you have the time would you like to help out at the teams fundraising event?
team's
200
A retelling of the events of your own life.
What is an autobiography?
300
The part of a story where the main character (protagonist) is attempting to solve the main conflict.
What is the rising action?
300
The narrator tells a story seen at a distance, giving the thoughts of one character involved in the conflict.
What is third person limited?
300
Some examples of this type of conflict are person vs society and person vs fate.
What is external conflict?
300
All the students stories were written very well.
Students'
300
What are the three possible author's purposes?
to inform, to entertain, and to persuade
400
The very end of the story where we see how the characters' lives are changed after having experienced the main conflict.
What is the resolution?
400
The ideas, thoughts, and facts known about a story as seen by a character.
What is perspective?
400
The part of the story where the character tries and tries (and tries again) to solve the problem.
What is rising action?
400
The childrens gifts were all around the Christmas tree.
children's
400
A way of creating special effects or personal connections and understanding in writing by using comparisons, symbols,and exaggeration.
What is figurative language?
500
The point in the story where the main conflict is introduced, ending the flat line of the plot (exposition) and entering into the rising action.
What is the inciting or initiating event?
500
A piece of writing where the narrator speaks directly to the audience (using the pronoun "you"), usually giving instructions or directions.
What is second person point of view?
500
This is the author's attitude toward the writing
What is the tone?
500
The two Christmas trees lights are out.
trees'
500
Name 3 expectations when you come in this classroom?
Get materials, sit is seat, no cursing, respect others, listen to instruction for clarity