GENRES
Stories from this genre tell about real events that take place in a real place and time from the past with imagined characters.
historical fiction
An example of this is "Lightning danced across the sky."
What is personification?
This is the basic organizer for an open response.
AEE
When asked to write an essay, this is the easiest way to create a topic sentence
TTQA or restate the question
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
What genre is an article about polar bears?
non -fiction
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
You should change this when you are asked to retell a story from a different character's perspective.
What is the point of view?
To find the synonym of the word in a sentence, do this with the four choices
Substitute each one in the sentence to see which makes the most sense.
When a poet uses the same word or words more than once in a line or in a poem.
What is repetition?
This type of story has been passed down orally and becomes part of a culture's tradition.
What is a folktale?
Extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole.
How many pieces of evidence from the text should you include in a complete open response.
At least three pieces of specific evidence.
Always read this before you begin to read a passage.
What is the italics or bold type before the title?
This is a poem that does not rhyme.
What is free verse?
This is a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage.
What is a drama or play?
A comparison that states that one thing is something else.
What is a metaphor?
These are the two different types of narrative responses we have practiced.
Retell from a different point of view and continue the story.
What is the first thing you should do before starting a written response?
What is analyze the question.
The narrator of a poem is called this.
What is the speaker?
This is a type of writing that records the events of a day from a character's point of view.
What is a Journal entry.
This is an object or image that stands for something other than itself.
What is a symbol?
True or false: Start every narrative response by re-stating the question.
False! A narrative is a story that should begin by hooking the reader.
Before beginning a narrative response, you should do this.
What is make a plan that includes a beginning, a middle and an end.
This is a measure of the regular pattern of rhythm in a poem.
What is meter?