Unit 1 - Plot, Theme
The lesson, moral, or message of a story
Theme
A person, place, thing, or idea
noun
Written by the author about the author's life
autobiography
Your opinion of a topic.
Claim
The girl was as strong as an ox.
Simile
The turning point of a story. (think about plot)
Climax
The marks you put around a sentence that you copied word for word.
Quotation marks
A story that is about a personal single event in your own life.
Personal Narrative
"For as long as I can remember, I have been taught to preserve the rain forest." This is the first line of a persuasive speech. The beginning of a speech is called?
The hook or attention getter
The feeling the author gave to the poem.
Tone
The problem in any story.
Conflict
Copying something but saying it is your own work?
Plagiarism
What was a significant turning point in Matthew Henson's life?
*Student Answer*
(Ran away from Home, Met Matthew Perry, Discovered the North Pole,)
The "why" and "proof" of an argument
Reasons and evidence
The boy was a bulldozer, rushing through the crowd.
Metaphor
What was Castle Cranshaw's nickname?
Ghost
above, across, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, by, down, from, in, into, near, of, off, on, to, toward, under, upon, with and within are all examples of what?
Prepositions
“There comes a time when you're losing a fight that it just doesn't make sense to keep on fighting. It's not that you're being a quitter, it's just that you've got the sense to know when enough is enough.” What character trait does the following quote show about Bud?
*Student Response*
Although some people may think junk food is great tasting, it actually damages your taste buds over time. What is this an example of?
Counterclaim
What type of poem has three lined stanzas
Tercet
What five letters can you use to summarize a fiction story.
SWBST
What type of format should a research paper be written in?
Name one advantage that a biography has over an autobiography.
*Student response*
(Examples: Less bias, more details beyond the character)
Create a short argument for the best kind of cookie.
Student answer should have a claim, a reason, and evidence, and call to action.
Give an complete example of a simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole.
*Student response*