General topics I
These type of texts have a single idea, develop one or more characters, present a plot with on main conflict.
What's a short story?
It is a repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words to create rhythm and emphasis.
What is alliteration?
It's a person, thing or imaginary being found in stories.
What is a character?
It's a message about life.
What's a theme.
They are personal beliefs that may or may not be supported.
What are opinions?
It's the repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
What's Rhyme?
It creates an effect and emphasis by dividing sentences in poems.
What is a line break?
It's the part where the character and setting are introduced.
What is exposition?
It's when human qualities are giving to an animal or thing.
What's personification?
They are statementes that can be proven, observed, or measured.
What are facts?
The rhyme pattern in a stanza is called?
What is a rhyme scheme?
They're directions in a script and they tell what must happen in a movie.
What is stage directions?
It's the struggle of opposing forces.
What's a conflict?
These are traditional stories that people used long ago to explain natural events, the creation of the world, or the behavior of gods and heroes.
What are myths?
They are lines of words that are seen constantly in a poem.
What's repetition?
It’s a formal text that states a position on a substantive topic and then supports that position with reasons and evidence.
What's an argument?
It's a device that can interrupt a short story's chronological order by describing what happened in the past.
What is a flashback?
It's a struggle that mostly happens on the inside of a character
What's a internal conflict?
This type of character is famous in folktales and they usually are funny.
What is a trickster?
The purpose of this literary work is to recreate a moment in the author's own experiences and observations.
What's the purpose of a memoir?
The rhyme pattern on the stanza is:
The people along the sand
all turn and look one way.
They turn their back on the land.
They look at the sea all day.
As long as it takes to pass
a ship keeps raising its hull;
the wetter ground like glass
reflects a standing gull.
What is ABABCDCD?
Paul was so tall that his footsteps created the Grand Canyon, and his blue ox, Babe, was so big that her footsteps formed the Great Lakes.
What is exaggeration?
It's what comes before the result of actions in a story. Also known as the moment of most tension.
What is a climax?
It's a part of a story where complications are presented.
What's rising action?
They are hints that suggest future events. They are used to create suspense and increase interest in what will happen
What's foreshadowing?