Fiction
the time and place of a story
What is setting?
What is a hook?
...and the wind sang a sweet melody, calming the wildest trees...
What is personification?
do this BEFORE you read the texts on the writing assessment
What is read the prompt?
After reading the texts you should spend ten minutes planning your essay.
What is after texts?
the beginning of the story when characters and setting are introduced
What is exposition?
tells the reader what the argument essay will discuss
What is claim?
the words were a slap in the face, hurting long after they were said...
spend about 10 minutes doing this before you write your essay
What is planning?
Testing which can take up to three hours will take up most of the morning.
What is after testing and hours?
the problem in the story; can have more than one in a story
What is conflict?
tells the reader what an informational essay will discuss
What is thesis?
the hot summer day was at least 145 degrees even in the shade...
What is hyperbole?
What is annotate?
The cute cuddly dog fell fast asleep on the ugly orange couch.
What is after cute?
the story's message
What is theme?
this should make up most of your body paragraphs; this is where you analyze and synthesize the information
What is commentary?
Wishing I could click my heels together three times and be home, I thought this day would never end.
What is allusion?
you should do this if you finish early
Because we did not finish our essays we have to miss free time in class.
What is after essays?
when a story goes back in time to tell of an even that happened
What is flashback?
each body paragraph should include these four elements
What are a topic sentence, evidence, commentary, and conclusion?
the passage was like the eye of a needle causing us to turn and walk sideways
What is simile?
include this from both texts you read
What is evidence?
We can have a free day in class if we beat the teacher in trivia.
What is none?