Fiction
the problem in a story
the author of a play
What is playwright?
like a paragraph in a poem
What is a stanza?
what the text is mostly about
What is main idea/controlling idea/central idea?
Used with a comma to connect 2 complete sentences
What is a FANBOYS?
the main sequence of events in a story
What is plot?
instructions that are given to the actors that are not meant to be read aloud
What are stage directions?
comparing two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
the reason why the author wrote the text
What is author's purpose?
Used to connect two complete sentences when a FANBOYS isn't present
What is a semicolon?
the message, or lesson in a story
when a scene changes, so does the --
What is setting?
giving human-like qualities to non-human things
What is personfication?
clues in and around a text (such as subheading, footnotes, and bold words) that help readers understand the text better
What are text features?
The number of commas used with a middle THAMOS (transition word)
What is 2 commas?
where the problem grows, or develops
What is rising action?
the conversations the characters in a play have
What is dialogue?
The narrator in a poem
What is speaker?
the strategy use to write a short-constructed response
What is AGE?
The strategy used for a body paragraph of an essay
What is AGEGE?
Where the main character experiences a major change or realization
What is climax/turning point?
bigger than a scene, like a chapter in a play
What is an act?
author's give details about a topic to create this and help readers imagine the text in their mind
What is imagery?
The way a text is structured, such as classification, problem/solution, advantage and disadvantage
What is an organizational pattern/text structure?
The most important part of an essay
What is a thesis statement?