Figuratively Speaking
What is your Point of View and purpose?
Parts of a story.
Misc. Vocab
Conventions
100
My grandmother's hands were as wrinkled as an old paper bag.
What is a simile. Remember - just because it has the words like or as does not make it a simile. If it does not compare two unlike things it is not a simile. EX. Ronald ran as fast as he could.
100
I am glad we are friends. (POV?)
What is first person point of view. Remember this is when the narrator uses the pronoun "I".
100
The people or animals (or objects or robots or fairies, etc) that the story is about.
What are characters. Remember the main character (s) is the one that faces the problem or conflict in the story.
100
Method of organization in which an action causes a result.
What is Cause and Effect. Remember cause is the action or event and effect is what happens as a result of the event or action.
100
When a sentence lacks a subject, predicate, or complete thought.
What is a fragment?
Example: bounced down the street.
Example: Later, the ball.
200
Mrs. Wertelet is a troll in the morning.
What is a metaphor. Remember a metaphor suggests a comparison by telling you something is something else.
200
Jim was going to the store. He had to buy some milk. (POV?)
What is third person limited. Remember third person is when the narrator is not part of the action. You will see pronouns like "he", "she", "they". Limited allows us to only know the thoughts and feelings of one character.
200
When and where a story takes place.
What is the setting.
200
the order in which things happen such a recipe
What is sequence.
200
For,and, nor, but, or, yet, so are examples of this.
What are coordinating conventions?
300
The kite sailed happily up into the clear, blue sky.
What is personification. Remember personification is when an animal, object, or abstract idea is given human qualities.
300
Sally was excited for the game. Susan was nervous. Sarah did not even plan on showing up. (POV?)
What is third person omniscient. Remember in third person omniscient we are able to hear the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters. The narrator is still not part of the action.
300
The sequence of events in the story.
What is the plot.
300
An extreme exaggeration. Example: He thought of a million ideas in one second.
What is a hyperbole.
300
This is a way to create a compound sentence without a comma and conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
Example: Bob likes coffee, but Anne likes tea.
Example: Bob likes coffee; Anne likes tea.
400
He has more talent than you can shake a stick at!
What is an idiom.
400
You should go out and buy a pig today. They make the best pets ever. They are the only pet anyone should ever own. (Purpose?)
What is to persuade. Remember persuasive is when the author is trying to get you to do or believe something.
400
The turning point in the action of the story. Usually it is the most exciting part.
What is the climax.
400
The central idea or meaning of a story or article. Conveys a message.
What is the theme.
400
This comes before your quote when inserting direct evidence.
What is the signal phrase?
500
"I don't think we're in Kansas anymore..." she whispered stepping onto Hollywood Boulevard.
What is allusion. This is referring to a famous line in Wizard of Oz to portray her astonishment.
500
The unicorn frolicked in the leaves waiting for his friend, the eagle, to join him. ( purpose)
What is to entertain?
500
It was January in a very small town in Pennsylvania.
What is the setting.
500
A determination the reader makes about what is happening, based on information and evidence presented in the passage but not directly stated.
What is an inference.
500
The name of the comma that comes before the conjunction.
Example: I like to read, draw (,) and sing.
What is the oxford comma?