RESEARCH
This is the style of formatting that we use here at Greenwood High when conducting research. It is commonly called MLA.
What is Modern Language Association?
Written to be acted on stage in front of an audience.
What is drama?
The people in a story.
What is character?
The sun is like a chicken is an example of ___.
What is simile?
This is the attitude of a writer.
What is tone?
These include first hand accounts, raw data, and other original material.
What are primary sources?
This is a long ancient story rooted in history often about a hero described as "larger than life."
What is legend?
The time and place of a story.
What is setting.
The frog is a rock is an example of ___.
What is metaphor?
This is the way the writer wants the reader to feel.
What is mood?
These include information that interprets and analyzes. This is data that has previously been gathered and can be used by researchers.
What are secondary sources?
This is an ancient story told that explains some natural phenomenon.
What is myth?
The main idea of a story.
What is theme?
The mountains cheered and laughed aloud is an example of ___.
What is personification?
This is when a writer interrupts the main storyline and describes something that happened earlier.
What is flashback?
Details gathered from a source such as the author, title, and publisher. This information is called ____ information.
What is bibliographic?
"Actions speak louder than words." is an example of _____
What is a proverb?
The events of a story.
What is plot?
I have a million things to do today is an example of ___.
What is hyperbole?
This is when a writer leaves clues as to what will happen in the future?
What is foreshadowing?
The act of referencing or quoting a source to provide evidence or support for a statement, argument, or idea presented in a written work.
What is to cite?
Written often in lines and stanzas. Often has rhyme and meter.
What is poetry?
The most intense aspect of a story.
What is climax?
You will need to cross that bridge when you come to it is an example of _____.
What is an idiom?
Flora sold a few flowers on the day the flags were flying is an example of ____.
What is alliteration?