Signposts
What do you find at the end of every rainbow?
The letter "w"
In "The Veldt," the mother comes to a sudden realization about the dangers of keeping the nursery open
Aha Moment
Leeroy Jenkins jumped off of a 50-foot ladder, but survived without any injury. How did Leeroy Jenkins achieve this?
Leeroy Jenkins jumped off the bottom rung of the 50-foot ladder
The background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story
Exposition
Conversation between two or more people
Dialogue
In "The Veldt," Dr. David gives important advice to the Hadley parents about them needing to change how they parent, before they lose the love of their children completely
Words of the Wiser
When Gabe was 8, his brother Blake was half his age. Now, Grant is 14. How old is his brother?
10 years old
Part of the story's plot where the main conflict is resolved or worked out. The _________ occurs after the falling action, and is typically where the story ends
Resolution
One set of ______ marks goes at the beginning of a dialogue, and the other set of ______ marks goes at the end of a dialogue, to show when someone's exact words are finished
Quotation Marks
In "The Veldt," the Hadley parents repeatedly notice that the animals in the African grasslands are violently eating one another
Again and Again
In "The Lottery," Tessie cries and screams with fear about winning the lottery this year
Contrast and Contradiction
What the characters are doing after the story's most dramatic part (climax) has happened
Falling Action
The first letter of the first word in dialogue should always look:
A) Capitalized
B) Exactly like the letter did in the original source
C) Lower-Case
Capitalized
In "Coraline," the other mother and other father are completely opposite of Coraline's real mother and father
Contrasts and Contradictions
A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days, then leaves on Friday. How did he do it?
The horse's name was Friday
The story's central turning point—the moment of peak tension or conflict—which all the preceding plot developments have been leading up to
Climax
Every time you change speakers when writing dialogue, you must start a new paragraph and _______ your new line
Indent
When an older and wiser character takes the main character aside to give them some advice.
What is Words of the Wiser?
In "Ratatouille," the food critic has a flashback about his childhood, when his mother used to home-cook for him.
Memory Moment
In "Clueless," the protagonist suddenly understands how much she loves (not hates) her crush
Aha Moment
Beginning with the inciting incident, _______ is composed of a series of events that build on the conflict
Rising Action
How do you parenthetically cite a quote from a book?
(Author'sLastName PageNumber)
IE. (Lee 205)