This is the dramatic struggle that happens in the most exciting moment of the text. Also referred to as the "turning point".
What is the climax?
100
Narrator INSIDE the story. Identifiable through words like "I, me, my, mine"
What is first person point of view?
100
__________ is how the writer conveys or describes the personality of a character.
What is characterization?
100
This genre tells a story, and has a narrator.
What is literary text?
200
The first sentence of every paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
200
This segment:
*introduces the characters and setting
* provides context information for the story to follow
What is the exposition?
200
This is when the author is addressing the reader specifically. Identifiable through words like "you, yours, we".
What is second person point of view?
200
__________ characterization is when the author just describes (tells) the reader what the character is like.
What is direct characterization?
200
The identification of relevant text evidence through highlighting, writing notes, and numbering, especially on a test.
What is annotation?
300
The three components (parts) of an effective thesis statement.
What is: Subject, stance/claim, reasons why/how?
300
This is the introduction of a particular conflict or complication in the main character's life.
What is the rising action?
300
The narrator is outside the story, and follows the thoughts of only one character in the story.
What is 3rd person limited?
300
_____________ characterization is when the author reveals information for the reader to INFER, through...
actions
dialogue
thoughts
how other characters interact with that character
What is indirect characterization?
300
Something that you can physically observe via the five senses:
Touch it
Taste it
See it
Smell it
Hear it
What is concrete?
400
The evidence or examples used to support your topic sentence idea.
What are quotes/text evidence?
400
In this section, the main character must deal with the consequences or "fall out" of whatever decisions they made during the main confrontation.
What is the falling action?
400
The narrator is outside the story, and follows the thoughts of two or more characters within the story.
What is third person omniscient?
400
"He is plaster-pale. He pushes his palms along his legs like I do when I wipe off sweat, and when he brings them back, his fingers shake..." Veronica Roth, Divergent
This is an example of what type of characterization?
What is indirect?
400
Something that you know is real, but CANNOT be physically observed via the five senses...usually emotions, ideas, values, etc...
What is abstract?
500
Quotes should not stand alone as their own sentence. They should be incorporated into your own sentence in a way that makes sense. This is called...
What is embedding quotes?
500
This is the tying up of all loose ends.
What is the resolution?
500
The main problem with this style of narration is that it is "subjective"...and the narrator might be unreliable.
What is first person narration?
500
Martin is always scared.
His father thinks he's pathetic.
He gets bullied at school
Based on the above details, the reader can infer that Martin is _____________.