Plot
How is the plot of a story typically structured?
Plot Mountain: Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Conclusion
This acronym help writers remember the major conjunctions.
FANBOYS (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)
When a character struggles with their own identity, thoughts, and emotions they are experiencing what kind of conflict?
Character vs self
In this point-of-view, the narrator knows all, and gives the viewpoint of all characters.
omniscient
Complete sentences must have
Subject and Verb
In this story, Squeaky sees her brother's potential to become a runner and decides to train him.
Raymond's Run
a type of poem where specific letters, usually the first letter of each line, spell out a word or phrase vertically
Acrostic
This narrative structure has 12 stages, and has the main character return to where they started at the end.
Hero's Journey
This strategy helps writers construct well written short responses. What is the acronym for this strategy and what does it stand for?
RACE (Restate Answer Cite Explain)
When stories deal with this type of conflict, characters often find themselves at odds with eachother. They struggle to get along and often fight.
Character vs Character
In this point-of-view, only one character's thoughts, emotions, and actions are considered.
Limited Point of View
Words used to describe a noun
Adjectives
This story follows the experiences of Francisco as he navigates his firs Englis-speaking school.
Inside Out
This poem takes the shape of something unique that often has to do with the poem
Concrete
This plot device uses suspense to end the story, leaving the reader wanting more.
Cliffhanger
This acronym helps readers understand and characterize characters based on their characteristics
STEAL (Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, Looks)
In the film Wall-E, humans have abandoned earth and now live in a starship. Unbeknownst to them the ships AI has been controlling them for decades. This is an example of what type of conflict?
Character vs technology
Giving human attributes to objects and non-living things
Personification
These words connect sentences or ideas
Conjunctions
In this story, the narrator is upset when his older brother Skip sticks tape on his head. The narrator goes to tell his mother but comes across his father, who yells at him instead of his brother. The narrator breaks Skip's baseball trophy, hoping his brother will make the same mistake of trying to complain to their father
My Side of the Story
This poem is unique for following the rule of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables
Haiku
This non-linear element of plot is used to give details about past events
Flashback
This acronym helps students remember the types of figurative language.
SHAMPOO (Simile, Hyperbole, Alliteration, Metaphor, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Oxymoron)
In the novel Hatchet, the main character is lost in the wilderness after a plane crash. He must survive on his own with nothing but a hatchet his mother gave him. The conflict in this novel is most likely?
Character Vs Nature
Swish, Bang, Clap
These words are examples of what literary device?
onomatopoeia
Words that provides more information about how, when, where, or to what extent something is done, usually ending in -ly
Adverb
In this play, a student detective, Mickey, is asked to solve the case of who vandalized the school wall. All signs point to one person, but Mickey isn't taking the easy way out.
Magic Marker Mystery
This type of poem tells a story
Narrative
This plot device gives subtle hints about what what is to come in the story
Foreshadowing
This acronym helps writers remember the elements of a complete summary.
SWBST (Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then)
a literary conflict where an individual struggles against the norms, rules, or laws of a larger group or community
Character vs society
In this literary device, the first letter of each word in the sentence starts with the same letter.
Ex. She sells seashells
alliteration
These words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence, indicating location, time, or direction
Prepositions
This story is about children who feel different and isolated at school, but ultimately discover connections with their peers
The Day You Begin
This short poem is often written to praise something and has a lyrical componate
Ode