Writer's Toolbox & Genres
Big Ideas
Drama/Organization
& Structure
& Structure
Poetry & Persuasive Writing
Plot Chart Parts
100
A true story someone writes about their own life
What is an AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
100
This is the big idea or message in a story.
What is THEME?
100
The way a text is organized or put together
What is STRUCTURE?
100
When something stands for or represents a bigger idea
What is SYMBOLISM?
100
events in a story that build tension and lead to the climax
What is the rising action?
200
VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE!!!
when something happens that is the opposite of what you expected
What is irony?
200
The person or voice telling the story
What is the NARRATOR?
200
The way a text is structured
What is the ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERN?
200
Trustworthy places to get accurate information
What are RELIABLE SOURCES?
200
when a story goes back to an earlier time to show something important
What is a flashback?
300
two things placed close together for comparison or interesting effect
What is JUXTAPOSITION?
300
What the text is mostly about
What is MAIN IDEA?
300
a part of a play that happens in one place, at one time
What is a SCENE?
300
words that describe how something looks, sounds, smells, feels...
What is SENSORY LANGUAGE?
300
a story told out of order, using flashbacks or jumps in time
What is a non-linear plot?
400
a type of writing that uses humor to criticize problems in society
What is satire?
400
The main idea of an essay or arguement
What is the THESIS?
400
the person who writes a play
What is a PLAYWRIGHT?
400
a group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph)
What is a STANZA?
400
the time and place in the past where a story happens
What is the SETTING?
500
feeling or atmosphere a text creates for the reader
What is MOOD?
500
An idea that guides a piece of writing
What is the CONTROLLING IDEA?
500
how a play is presented: set props, movements of actors
What is STAGING?
500
the writer's main idea or arguement
What is the CLAIM?
500
a story told in the order events happen, from beginning to end
What is a linear plot?
600
comparison that shows how two things are similar
What is an analogy?
600
the most important point or message in 
a text
What is the KEY IDEA?
600
Putting things in an order that makes sense
What is LOGICAL ORDER?
600
a single row of words in a poem
What is a LINE?
600
he highest point of tension and drama in a narrative, where the main conflict is resolved or reaches its peak, often marking a turning point in the story
What is the climax?
700
the people the writer or speaker wants to reach
What is the INTENDED AUDIENCE?
700
The perspective from which a story is told
What is POINT OF VIEW?
700
instructions in a play that tell actors what to do or where to go
What are STAGE DIRECTIONS?
700
A claim or opinion supported by reasons and evidence
What is an ARGUEMENT?
700
a struggle between opposing forces, typically the protagonist and an internal or external force, that drives the narrative and creates a compelling plot
What is the conflict?
800
A piece of writing that gives information
What is an ARTICLE?
800
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
What is an inference?
800
A smaller title under the main title that tells what the text is about
What is a SUBHEADING?
800
the voice talking in a poem or story
What is the SPEAKER?
800
the words characters say to each other
What is DIALOGUE?
900
a true story someone writes about things they have experienced in life
What is a MEMOIR?
900
The people who the author or playwright writes for or speaks to
What is the audience?
900
a novel structured in a comic-book form
What is a graphic novel?
900
The exact words someone said or wrote
What is a QUOTATION?
900
a character who is very different from another, to highlight their traits
What is a character foil?
1000
rhythm, tone, & expression used when reading aloud
What is PROSODY?
1000
the main idea or message that an author wants to share
What is the theme?
1000
a speech where a character talks to themselves to share their thoughts with the audience?
What is a SOLILOQUY?
1000
True events that happened to someone and can be used to persuade in persuasive writing
What are REAL EXPERIENCES?
1000
when a story or problem ends without a clear solution
What is an unresolved plot?