Memoirs
The difference between a memoir and personal narrative
One focuses on one event, while the other talks about a series of events and weaves them together through a common theme or message
The type of characterization that describes the character's personality or physical appearance.
Direct Characterization
A poem written to praise someone or something
What is an ode.
A symbol that reoccurs throughout a story is a....
What is a motif
Your journalism essay should start with this
What is a lede
Show Don't Tell
Convert the following into showing instead of telling your reader:
"Auntie Belinda was so full after Thanksgiving."
Her belly bulged like a balloon as she made like a penguin and waddled out the door.
The type of characterization that describes the actions or reactions of the character. Dialogue can also be this type of characterization.
Indirect characterization.
A poem with one-stanza of fourteen lines, that rhymes, written in iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet
The lesson taught or message discussed in a story is the...
The first step in writing a journalism piece.
Gather information.
The three categories on the scholastic writing contest rubric are
What is Originality, Voice, and Technical Skill
The type of plot structure that has rising action, climax, and falling action.
What is the Fichtean Curve.
The poem that follows this rhyme scheme is
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What is a rhupunt
How words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought
What is syntax
What you call the written report of an interview
What is a transcript.
Climax
The type of plot structure that has
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Denouement
Freytag's Pyramid
What is a limerick
A figurative language example that can be used for effect by putting two opposite things in direct comparison.
What is an oxymoron or juxtaposition.
The difference between active and passive voice
List a motif used by one of the award winning memoir essays reviewed in this class
What are chestnuts
The beginning of a story is called the
Exposition
The type of poem the "Truthful Fiction" and "Journey" exercises were
What is Free Verse
“My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.” < is what type of figurative language
What is a metaphor
The final step in a journalism essay.
Sum up the problem, and offer possible solutions or explanations.