Literary Terms
Author's word choice
What is diction?
This is the most important part of your essay.
What is a thesis statement?
Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river. (What is the error?)
Change river to River
In poetry, what is a shift?
A moment in the poem where something changes. Can be tone, mood, subject, setting.
The book that you should be using when you do not know what a word means.
What is the dictionary?
This shows how the author feels
What is mood?
This type of essay asks you to take a position or convince someone else to do something, and you will have to write this kind of essay on your STAAR test
What is a persuasive essay?
Joseph said he knew his uncles had thrown a party for theirselves. (Which word needs to change and what should it change to?)
Change theirselves to themselves
What is the term used to describe when something is both what it is and represents something more?
What is symbolism?
The part of the test that you should work on first.
What is whichever you want to?
An educated guess based on observations/evidence and prior knowledge.
What is an inference?
The minimum number of paragraphs needed in your essay
What are 3 paragraphs?
It didn't seem like such a small amount would be enough to make a pancake but I soon realized just how much the batter spreads out. (What is the missing punctuation and where does it go?)
Insert a comma after pancake
What is the difference between the mood and tone in a story?
Mood is how the reader feels/reacts to a story. The tone is the attitude and emotion the author has.
This is how long you have to complete your English II STAAR test?
What is 5 hours?
The literal definition of a word
What is the denotative definition?
The body paragraph should include
What is topic sentence, example and explanation of example.
I learned that cooking takes more patience and attention to detail then I had ever dreamed!
Change then to than
How do you find author's purpose?
Look for details/clues in the story. Is the author writing to Persuade, Inform, or Entertain? -- What is their main point?
The highest score you can get on your essay
What is a 4?
The message of a story or what the author wants the reader to learn from the writing
What is the theme?
This refutes, or goes against, your main argument
What is a counter argument
I am ___________ teacher. (third person plural, possessive)
their
Why do authors use imagery? HOW do they create imagery?
To help the reader create an image in their mind and make sense of what is occurring in the story. The author uses details related to the 5 senses to create imagery.
What are the STAAR tests that have to be passed to get your high school diploma?
What are English I, English II, Algebra, Biology, and US History?