Prose
Plot & Setting
Character
Theme & Pt. of View
Nonfiction
100
Fiction and Nonfiction
What are the two main categories of prose?
100
This is what drives a story. It is a struggle between two opposing characters, forces, or emotions.
What is the conflict?
100
These describe the personality of characters
What are character traits?
100
This can be stated with a one-word answer, where a theme cannot be.
What is the topic or subject?
100
T or F Nonfiction is writings about imaginary things.
What is FALSE?
200
a story with no known author that has been passed on from one generation to another by word of mouth
What is a folk tale?
200
The turning point of the story where it is clear that the conflict will be resolved in one way or another.
What is the climax?
200
The man had a scar over his right eyebrow and a diamond pin and watch.
What is character's appearance?
200
T or F Themes usually have a specific reference to the story or poem you have read.
What is FALSE?
200
This is the most important point or central idea of a nonfiction piece.
What is the main idea?
300
This is longer than twenty pages but shorter than one hundred pages.
What is a novella?
300
Elements of setting
What is time and place?
300
"And every time the painter lady asked a fool question, MAMA WOULD DUMP ANOTHER SPOONFUL OF RICE ON THE PILE. SHE WAS TAPPING HER FOOT AND HEATING UP IN A DANGEROUS WAY."
What is character's actions?
300
The narrator is in the story, and uses the pronouns I, me, my, our, etc.
What is first person point of view?
300
This represents a belief or judgment and cannot be proven.
What is an opinion?
400
These are short pieces of nonfiction that discuss a limited topic.
What is an essay or an article?
400
Anxious curiosity that makes us eager to find out what happens next.
What is suspense?
400
An educated guess using clues in the text and your own knowledge and experiences
What is an inference?
400
The narrator is NOT in the story, but knows the thoughts and feelings of more than one (if not all) the characters.
What is omniscient point of view?
400
When you restate the main idea and only the important details of what you have read, you are writing one of these.
What is a summary?
500
This is finding similarities and differences between two or more things
What is comparing and contrasting?
500
The definition of foreshadowing
What is "hints or clues as to what will happen next/later in the story"?
500
"Oh please, don't say anything, Victor pleaded with his eyes. I'll wash your car, mow your lawn, walk your dog--anything! I'll be your best student, and I'll clean your erasers after school" is an example of this element of characterization.
What is the character's thoughts and feelings?
500
The event that makes something happen, and what happens as a result of that.
What are cause and effect?
500
It could be to inform, to explain, to persuade, to entertain, to reveal a truth about life, or to share an experience.
What is the author's purpose?
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