Characterization & Setting
A protagonist is...
What is the main character?
Comparing two unlike things by using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
In a nonfiction text, this is the most important point that an author makes about a topic.
What is the central or main idea?
the organizational pattern authors of nonfiction use to present information
What is text structure?
facts, statistics or numerical data, quotations, specific examples, and expert opinions that uphold and support the claim.
What is evidence?
The antagonist is...
What is the person, object, force, or idea working against the protagonist?
a figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or an idea is given human qualities.
What is Personification?
What the text is about
What is the topic or subject?
A group of lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
An explanation that states why someone should accept a claim
What is a reason?
This portion of the story can determine theme, genre, the point of conflict, and the context of a story by providing details about the location, time, and/or situation.
What is the setting?
Repeating consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
the message or "take away" of a work of literature
What is the theme?
Name one of the four common informational/argumentative text structures. (+300 if you can name all four)
What are sequential, problem and solution, cause and effect, and comparison and contrast?
Options-
1st person, informal, "I, me, my"
2nd person, formal, "you, your, yours"
3rd person, informal, "We, our, ours"
3rd person, formal, "one, a person, the reader"
What is 3rd person, formal?
The emotional response from the reader based on the setting.
What is mood?
expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal level
What is a figure of speech?
to determine something by using reasoning and text evidence
What is infer?
What is the point of conflict?
What should you never use in formal writing?
What are contractions (can't, won't)? What is first or second person?
The setting can affect character's choices, which is also known as this literary device.
What is characterization?
When reading prose and especially poetry, readers use this—including when and where a text was written, for example—to analyze the impact of word choice and to help determine or interpret the meaning of figurative words and phrases.
What is context clue?
The theme is often expressed in this way
What is a sentence, phrase, or statement? What is never just one word?
Introduction, Point of Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
This is the best way to support your reasoning
What is evidence?