Grab Bag
The narrator uses words like I, Me, Mine, Us, We, and My.
What is First-person pov?
Learn the setting, meet the main characters and find out what the story will be about.
What is exposition?
The car's tires screeched a deafening howl as the car stopped suddenly.
What sense does this invoke?
What is hearing?
A text that is not true.
What is Fiction
The lesson that you learn. The moral of a story.
What is a Theme?
The Narrator uses words like You, yours, and You
What is second-person pov?
The part of a story that reveals or suggests an outcome.
What is Resolution
The cracks in the rock as he climbed up the mountain were rough and sharp with many points that almost felt like they would cut his skin.
What sense does this invoke?
What is touch?
What is the purpose of the following passage? Butterflies are colorful, flying insects from the Lepidoptera order. Because they are insects, they have three body parts. The three body parts are called the head, thorax, and abdomen. They also have six jointed legs, two antennae, and compound eyes.
What is inform
When someone uses what they already know, apply it to a new situation and make an educated guess.
What is inferencing?
Taking a larger passage and describing it in fewer words but saying all the important events and facts from a story. Telling the main idea of a story in one or two sentences.
What is summary?
In what part of a story do we learn the conflict?
What is Rising Action
The tart but sweet flavor of the cotton candy had my brain doing the happiest dance as a blue piece dissolved on my tongue.
What sense does this sentence invoke?
What is taste? BUT also touch
What would be the author's purpose when writing fiction novels?
What is To entertain
Used to make their work more interesting or more dramatic than literal language which simply states facts.
What is Figurative Language?
Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word within a book.
What are context clues?
The events and complications begin to resolve themselves. The reader knows what has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not.
What is Falling Action
The purple dinosaur with its green teeth rode on top of the blue cow with no tail, so they could reach the new three-story McDonalds that just opened.
What sense does this invoke?
What is sight?
What is the purpose of the following passage? Sandy is the absolute best candidate for student body president! She is honest, friendly and dedicated to making our school a better place. This is YOUR chance to make a positive change! VOTE SANDY IN 2013!
What is To persuade
When the author tells you how the character acts or looks.
What is a direct characterization?
the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work. What the story is about.
What is plot?
The turning point of the story, but not always the most exciting or intense part.
What is the climax?
The beautiful strong nauseating stench of skunk filled our living room as our dog came in from outside, letting us all know that Joplin got sprayed again.
What sense does this invoke?
What is smell?
A text that is true and informational.
What is non-fiction?
When you have to infer characteristics from the text because the author does not tell you.
What is indirect characterization?