Sentenced to engineering
Are you a-positive about that?
Getting Poetic on it
Now this is a story all about how
Narrative Techniques
100
A simple sentence must have a ____ and a _____.

What are a subject and a verb?

100
This is the purpose of appositives

What is to rename or describe a noun?

100

This type of figurative language uses like or as.

What is a simile?

100

"In West Philadelphia born and raised

On the playground is where I spent most of my days

Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' all cool"

belongs on this part of the plot diagram.

What is the exposition?

100
How authors describe a character through their words or actions.

What is Characterization?

200

Name this sentence structure:

I went to the convention, and I danced all night long!

What is a Compound Sentence?

200

Identify the appositive: 


Backstreet, the boyband, is back alright!

What is "the boyband?"

200

These poetic devices play with the literal sound of words.

What are Sound Devices?

200

"When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started makin' trouble in my neighborhood"

would be a great example of a:

What is the conflict?

200

This is the literal story, how we describe what happens.

What is plot?

300

You can use this to join two independent clauses without needing a FANBOY

What is a semicolon?

300

This type of appositive provides necessary information to identify the noun it refers to.

What is an essential appositive?

300

"Nature's first green is gold." is an example of this figurative language.

What is a metaphor?

300

"I got in one little fight, and my mom got scared" belongs here on the plot diagram.

What is rising action?

300

This is the universal message of the story.

What is theme?

400

What is missing? 


Let's eat Grandma!

What is a comma?
400

Nonessential appositives must be set off by what punctuation?

What is a comma?
400

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers isn't just a tongue twister, it's:

What is alliteration?

400

"I begged and pleaded with her day after day
But she packed my suitcase and sent me on my way
She gave me a kiss, and then she gave me my ticket
I put my Walkman on and said, "I might as well kick it" You already know, this is the:

What is climax?

400

A theme statement must be _________, meaning it does not reference the characters or plot of the story.

What is universal?

500

A compound-complex sentence is formed from these three clauses. 

What are two independent clauses and one dependent?

500

Identify the appositive: 


The vampire hunter Van Helsing slew Count Dracula.

Who is Van Helsing?

500

The wind whispered the answer to this prompt through the trees. 

What is personification?

500

Finally: "I pulled up to a house about seven or eight
And I yelled to the cabbie "Yo, Holmes, smell ya later"
I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there
To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel-Air" would be the:

What is resolution?

500

This is the time and place a story is set.

What is setting?

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