Fiction Diction
The people whose actions, dialogue, and motivations drive the story forward
Who are characters?
A comparison between two unlike things not using like or as
What is a metaphor?
The spoken words of a character.
What is dialogue?
A brief recap of the main points of a story.
What is a summary?
July 6th is the national holiday for this popular fast food item, which currently has a nationwide shortage.
What is fried chicken?
Whether internal or external, these problems are the foundation of any good story
What is a conflict?
Language that appeals to our five senses.
What is imagery?
The unspoken actions, movements, feelings, and directions during a scene.
What are stage directions?
What an information text or section of that text is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
The college Mr. Powell attended
What is Davidson College?
The time and place where a story takes place.
What is the setting?
Group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
Introduces the setting of a scene.
What is a scene heading?
The reason why an author chose to write a text.
What is author's purpose?
These are questions that ask about similarities or differences between two or more texts.
What are connection questions?
The main lesson the author wants the reader to take away from the story.
What is theme?
"The trees danced in the wind" is an example of what element of poetry?
What is personification?
A subdivision of a play usually taking place in one setting.
What is a scene?
Pictures, captions, subheadings, labeled diagrams are all under the umbrella of this element!
What are text features?
The name of the dramatic text that you read for your exit ticket last week.
What is Fourteen?
This element of fiction tells us who told the story
What is point of view?
"Wow, that was the greatest piece of cake in the whole world!" is an example of which element of poetry?
What is hyperbole?
An extended speech by one character.
What is a monologue?
Chronological order, compare and contrast, and cause and effect are all types of this element of information texts.
What is organizational pattern?
Who are Parker, Powell, and Roig?