Fiction
What is the environment in which the story occurs?
Setting
What is the term for a comparison using “like” or “as”?
Simile
Which text structure is used when an author explains similarities and differences?
Compare and contrast
What is a statement that expresses the writer’s main argument?
Claim
What is required when creating a sentence using FANBOYS?
Which plot element introduces the main conflict of a story?
The rising action
What is the term for the narrator's attitude toward a subject?
Tone
What is the term for information that comes from a trustworthy, qualified source?
Credible Source
What technique appeals to the reader’s emotions?
Pathos
Which punctuation is used to combine two complete sentences without a connecting word?
What point of view is used when the narrator uses “he,” “she,” or “they” and is NOT part of the story?
Third-person
What is the term for giving human qualities to nonhuman things?
What is the overall message or most important point an author wants to communicate?
Main idea
What is it called when an author acknowledges an opposing viewpoint?
Counter argument or counter claim
What punctuation mark is used to introduce a list?
Colon :
Which type of conflict occurs when a character struggles with societal rules or expectations?
Character vs. Society
What is the atmosphere created by the poet's word choice that impacts how the reader feels?
Mood
Which organizational pattern explains reasons an event happened and results that follow?
Cause and effect
What is a general statement to categorize a group of people?
Sterotype
What is a word or phrase that provides extra information about a noun in a sentence?
Appositive
What is it called when the author hints at events that will happen later?
Foreshadowing
What do we call comments in a drama that explain movement, emotion, or setting?
Stage directions
What is the act of rephrasing the text in your own words to create a shorter version?
Paraphrasing
Which logical fallacy attacks the person instead of the argument?
Ad hominem
What is the name of the sentence that combines a dependent clause, an independent clause, and a subordinating conjunction?
Complex sentence