Definitions
Grammar
Definitions 2
Mixed Bag
Mixed Bag 2
100
most important event
What is climax?
100
part of speech that connects things in a sentence
What is conjunction?
100
a surprising or unexpected ending
What is ironic?
100
states the subject of a paragraph
What is topic sentence?
100
series of events that make up a story
What is plot?
200
time is unimportant
What is universal?
200
what is created when you separate 2 independent clauses with only a comma
What is run-on sentence?
200
2 options when using the 1st person POV
What is major or minor character?
200
spelling and grammar check
What is editing?
200
establish POV; establish time and/or setting; introduce main character(s); catch the reader's attention
What are functions of the opening?
300
the storyteller
What is narrator?
300
expresses a complete thought
What is a sentence?
300
storytelling
What is narration?
300
an unexpected turn of events
What is irony?
300
another way of saying catch the reader's attention
What is "narrative hook"?
400
state of uncertainty in reader's mind
What is suspense?
400
'When I got home from school..." is this kind of a clause
What is subordinate?
400
a narrative technique involving a time shift
What is flashback?
400
Lencho was an ox of a man
What is metaphor?
400
add, subtract, or re-arrange information
What is revising?
500
2 methods used to create suspense
What is conflict, foreshadowing?
500
Which is why I never eat at KFC.
What is a fragment?
500
October 1st, 1949 is an example
What is historical time?
500
A disadvantage of using the 1st person POV?
What is we don't know what the other characters are thinking?
500
sentences that explain first, and then prove with examples or quotes
What are "supporting statements"?
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