simile
Exposition
The start of the story when they introduce the story and the settings
description
a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.
phrase
a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause.
A . C . E method
The ACE writing strategy is designed to help writers organize their writing and support their thinking to form constructed responses for informative/explanatory compositions.
hyperbole
Rising action
the section of plot that begins with a conflict and is concerned with the main character's struggle to overcome that conflict.
cause and effect
one or more things happen as a result of something else.
clause
a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.
Different povs
1st person POV uses “I” and “we.” 2nd person POV uses “you.” 3rd person POV uses “he,” “she,” “it,” and “they.”
personifcation
climax
the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
compare and contrast
looking for similarities and differences between two things,
simple sentence
conflict
a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
Onomatopoeia
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).
Falling action
The falling action of a story is the section of the plot following the climax, in which the tension stemming from the story's central conflict decreases and the story moves toward its conclusion.
Chronology/Sequence
looking at a timeline to view what occurred first and what happened after that.
compound sentence
modfiers
a person or thing that makes partial or minor changes to something.
metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase denoting one kind of object or action is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them
Conclusion
The end or finish of an event or process
Problem and solution
a format of writing that where the structure of written text is laid out to show different problems and then how the problem is solved
complex sentence
main idea
what the story is mostly about