Poetry
What is a stanza?
Group of lines chunked together
What is a fictional text?
Something that isn't real; made up
What does nonfiction mean?
True, factual
What is an Adjective?
Describes a noun, a person, place, or thing
Introduction Paragraph
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
"It felt like food kept calling me"
Personification
What is a theme in this text?
The message
What is the main idea of a nonfiction texts?
The message, or point that the author wants to get across.
What is an adverb?
Describes a verb, usually ends in an -ly
Counterclaim Paragraph
What is it called when an author uses the senses to describe a place or environment?
Imagery
What is the tone of a book?
the attitude or emotion that the author is feeling in a text
What are some typical elements that the author includes in a nonfiction text? Give me three
Facts, data, statistics, interviews, sub-titles, charts or tables, maps, bolded words.
What is a compound sentence?
includes two or more smaller sentences that have been combined
Where does the thesis statement go in an any essay?
The very last sentence in your introduction
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
"This team is supposed to be really bad, so this game will be a piece of cake."
Idiom
What is the mood of a text?
What is a reliability when it comes to nonfiction texts?
Trusting the author and the information that they give us.
Why do authors include parenthesis in their sentences?
has additional information that clarifies or explains the topic
5 sentence, at least 4 paragraphs
"The coolness of the night,
Refreshes my skin.
The stars shine so bright,
causing me to grin."
ABAB
What are the five stages in the plot?
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What does the author have to take into consideration when it comes to writing their piece?
The Audience
What is the purpose of a semicolon?
Links together two independent clauses (sentences) that are closely related to each other.
What is the structure or the three elements that you need to have in your body paragraphs?
What is the Rhyme Scheme of this poem?
"True friends are by your side,
Through it all.
True Friends are there
To catch you when you fall."
ABCB
Setting, Symbolism, language, characters
There are 5 different ways an author structure their text, give me two.
description, cause/effect, problem/solution, compare/contrast, sequence
Give me two examples of a preposition?
On, in, at, to, with, for, from
Transition statements