True or False: When writing a summary, it is appropriate to include your opinions or personal beliefs on the topic.
False
100
Why is conflict so important to a story?
Without conflict, plot would not exist OR without conflict the story would be boring
100
Which kind of point of view is occurring when the narrator of a story is the main character?
1st person
100
What is main idea?
The point the writer is trying to make about a topic
100
What are the two types of characterization?
Direct and indirect
200
What 3 things do you need to remember to do when writing a summary? (Remember to SUM!)
Shorter than the text, use your own words, main ideas only
200
What are the two TYPES of conflict?
external and internal conflict
200
Which type of point of view is occurring when the narrator IS NOT the main character?
3rd person
200
What is theme?
The moral or lesson the author wants us to learn by reading his or her story
200
Which type of characterization TELLS the reader what a character is like?
direct
300
Fiction or Nonfiction: Which is written mostly to entertain the audience with events and/or characters that never happened in real life?
Fiction
300
What are the three types of external conflict?
Man vs man, man vs. society, man vs. nature
300
Which part of plot exposes us to the characters and setting of a story AND usually comes at the beginning?
Exposition
300
What is the difference between main idea and theme?
Main idea is specific, theme is a general statement OR theme is the lesson or moral of the story main idea is just what the story is mostly about
300
Which type of characterization SHOWS the reader what the characters are like?
Indirect
400
Fiction or Nonfiction: Which was written to inform an audience and features real, historical events, people, or information that actually took place?
Nonfiction
400
What is the one type of internal conflict?
Man vs. self
400
Which part of plot is the turning point of a story?
Conflict
400
Why can't themes be only one word, like "friendship"?
Because themes teach a lesson, and one word topics aren't teaching anything.
400
Name the 5 methods of indirect characterization and give an example of one.
STEAL; answer will vary
500
The autobiography of Stephen Hawking would be a type of:
Nonfiction
500
An elderly (old) lady slipping on ice on the way to get her mail is an example of which conflict?
(wo)Man vs. nature
500
"I never thought he would ask me to go to the dance, but he finally did!" Is an example of which point of view?
1st person
500
What is the theme of your novel? What lead you to believe this?
Answer will vary
500
Charlie is only 12 but he already has a part-time job. He wakes up every morning at 6 to feed his dog, do his homework, and deliver newspapers. After school, Charlie tutors his neighbor in math. What character trait would best describe Charlie?