Narrator
The type of narration that uses pronouns like I, me, and Us.
What is first person point of view?
"And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind."
"Candle in the Wind" by
Elton John
What is a simile?
Something that provides help or improves something else.
example: One ___________ of exercise is increased flexibility.
What is a benefit?
The most exciting part of the story that everything builds up to.
What is climax?
The author's attitude about what he writes.
What is tone?
Type of narration that uses pronouns like him, her and they?
What is third person point of view?
"Baby you're a firework"
"Firework" by
Katy Perry
What is a metaphor?
Easy to tell apart from others; not alike
example: Her red hair and green eyes give her a ______________ look.
What is distinct?
The very end of the story.
What is resolution?
This is when you look for clues in a text to help you gain understanding or meaning.
What are context clues?
This describes a narrator that cannot be fully trusted or believed.
What is unreliable?
"You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes"
"Thriller"
by Michael Jackson
What is personification?
Surroundings; the conditions that surround someone or something.
Example: Each part of the county is a different unique _____________________.
What is environment?
The series of events that begin immediately after the introduction of the story and builds up suspense.
What is rising action?
This is the message or lesson a story conveys.
What is theme?
This is the narrator's perspective.
What is point of view?
"Tick! Tock! on the clock
but the party don't stop"
"Tik Tok"
by Ke$sha
What is onomatopoeia?
to show, or clarify, by examples or comparing
example: I will try to ________________ my idea by using charts and graphs.
What is Illustrate?
This is when the main problem of the story resolves.
What is falling action?
This starts with a capital letter and ends with a period, question mark or exclamation point.
What is a sentence?
This point of view is:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
What is first person?
"I’d catch a grenade for ya"
"Grenade" by
Bruno Mars
What is Hyperbole?
to make a reply; answer
example: I asked her a question and I am waiting for her to _____________.
What is respond?
This introduces the characters and setting.
What is exposition?
This is when you put the authors last name and the page number after the text evidence you are using.
What is citing?