ELA 1
The first sentence in a paragraph is called what?
The topic sentence
A speaker tag that comes before dialogue is always followed by a __________.
A comma
Dialogue always needs to be surrounded by?
Quotation marks
What a character in a story is actually saying is called what?
Character dialogue
Dialogue always needs some form of ________ at the end of it.
punctuation
Dialogue always starts with this _________.
An uppercase(capital) letter
What is missing here?
Mrs. Thomas said "Better get home soon."
comma after said
What is missing here?
Kevin shouted, "That's just not fair."
exclamation mark after fair
What's missing here?
For example when Larry said, "That's great," his brother was happy he said it.
A comma after For example
Sentence starter words that guide a reader from one idea to the next are called ____________?
First, For example, In conclusion,
Transitions
Sentence starter words that connect two smaller sentences are called what?
When What After As Because
Conjunctions
What is missing here?
After the rain stopped the the boys played baseball.
A comma after stopped
What is missing here?
Larry said, "Where is Tommy," as he looked around the room.
A question mark after Tommy
The events leading up to the turning point of a story happen is what part of the story plot?
The rising action
The end of a story is called the _____________.
Resolution
A character that changes in the story is what type of character?
A dynamic character
A character that has many sides to their personality is what type of character?
A round character
What element of literature is it when clues are given that something is going to happen in the story, usually something bad?
Foreshaddowing
The life lesson or main idea of a story is called the ____________ of the story.
Theme
A character that doesn't change in a story is what type of character?
A static character