Plot
The part where we learn about our main character and setting
What is exposition?
A story about a boy and his pet dragon that enter a singing competition together
What are the three categories of author's purpose?
What is persuade, inform, and entertain?
Alice ate all the apples
What is alliteration?
The message, or lesson, of the story.
What is theme?
The main problem of the story
What is conflict?
A newspaper article about current events
What is non-fiction?
What is to inform?
What is a simile?
An educated guess based on context clues and prior knowledge.
What is an inference?
The two main types of conflict
What is internal and external conflict?
BILL: What are you doing this weekend?
JUDY: I'm going to my grandma's house
BILL: That sounds fun. I'm just going to be stuck at home all by myself
JUDY: Want to come with me?
What is drama?
A commercial for McDonald's.
What is to persuade?
Her crystal eyes sparkled in the sun
What is a metaphor?
Novels have paragraphs, poems have--
What is a stanza?
The part of the story where the problem is solved.
What is resolution?
Roses are red
Violets are blue
You all will do great
Because I believe in you
What is poetry?
A presidential candidate giving a speech
What is to persuade?
She had Hercules' strength.
What is an allusion?
The beat of the poem, found by counting syllables in each line
What is rhythm?
The highest point of action or suspense
What is climax?
The Star Wars movies
Fiction
A story about a family's struggles during World War II
What is to entertain?
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is a hyperbole?
The reason the author writes, or does something a certain way
what is author's purpose?