Usage
The correct spelling for the word in brackets in the following sentence:
The girls went to [they're] classes.
What is "their"?
Correct the following sentence COMPLETELY: i just baught a house and its awesome.
What is : I just bought a house, and it's awesome.
The first conflict that starts the action.
What is the inciting incident?
The main character that you identify with in a story.
What is the protagonist?
Identify the figurative language:
I must have a million missing assignments!
What is hyperbole?
Fill in the blank (spelling the word correctly): I did not expect that movie to have such a strong __________ on me.
What is an effect?
Correct the sentence completely: how do you know if you is right asked john if you never find out the answer.
What is "How do you know if you are right," asked John, "if you never find out the answer?"
The main problem in a story that needs to be resolved.
What is the conflict?
Telling a story with the narrator using "I" and "me."
What is using a first person narrator?
What is the effect of the figurative language:
"Daniel missed her the way flowers miss the sun in the winter."
What is to emphasize Daniel's longing for her?
Fill in the blank (spelling the word correctly): Jack __________ the owl hooting outside his window.
What is "heard"?
Correct the following sentence completely: charlie my cat now has 3 legs because one of his legs were damaged.
What is : Charlie, my cat, now has three legs because one of his legs was damaged.
A series of increasingly difficult conflicts that increase tension in a story.
What is the rising action?
Shana watches her friend steal a bracelet at a department store. She does not know if she should tell on her friend or not. What type of conflict is that? Be specific.
What is internal conflict: character vs. self
Identify the effect of the figurative language:
"My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky."
What is to show excitement?
Fill in the blank (spelling the word correctly): Wow! I never thought I would be ___________ into my dream college!
What is "accepted"?
Correct the following sentence completely: each of the students john jake pablo and erin like to read novels like long way down because it was interesting.
What is: Each of the students, John, Jake, Pablo, and Erin likes to read novels like Long Way Down because it is interesting. NOTE: Long Way Down should be italicized.
The end of a story that wraps up all the loose ends and plot questions.
What is the dénouement or resolution?
John is driving his car and accidentally runs off the road. His friend, Tyrone, exlaims, "You are a fantastic driver!" What is this an example of?
What is verbal irony or sarcasm?
Identify the figurative language:
"The grass in the empty meadow whispered behind my back, making me feel like an unwanted intruder."
What is personification?
Fill in the blank (spelling the word correctly): "I don't know __________ coat this is," I said, holding up the unfamiliar jacket.
What is "whose?
Correct the sentence completely:
because of the monotony of food in my house. I usually eats different kinds of food at restaurants. said fannie.
What is : "Because of the monotony of food in my house, I usually eat different kinds of food at restaurants," said Fannie.
The high point of the action or turning point of a story.
What is the climax?
The message of a story that the author is trying to tell the audience without saying it.
What is theme?
Identify the figurative language:
"The door thumped behind him as he strode out of the room."
What is onomatopoeia?