ASP
RACES Vocabulary
Figurative Lang
Plot Diagram
Elements of a Story
100

What is happening this thursday 10/22?

Lights on Event!

100

A logical guess that is made based on facts and one’s own knowledge and experience.

What is an inference?

100

Free points!

Free Points!

100

The most emotional moment in a story.

What is the climax?

100

The place and time where the story is happening.

What is the setting?

200

What is happening this Friday in ASP?

Enrichment Preview / Pick new enrichments!

200

To quote from a text as evidence or justification of statement especially in scholarly work.

What is cite?

200

An exaggeration/overstatement that puts an image into the reader’s mind.

What is hyperbole?

200

Series of conflicts which build towards the climax.

What is the rising action?

200

The people or animals that take part in the story.

What are the characters?
300

What color should you wear on Thursday?

Yellow!!!

300

A question or sentence starter to illicit a response.

What is a prompt?

300

A word or phrase that is so overused that it no longer has an effect.

What is cliche?

300

The end of the story.

What is the resolution?

300

The struggle the character faces in a story.

What is conflict?

400
How many enrichments do we offer in ASP?

7

Dance, Art, Cooking, Travel, Wacky Science, Cheer, and Film.

400

Closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered.

What is relevant?

400

Comparing 2 unlike things using “like” or “as”.

What is a simile?

400

Sets the stage for the story. Characters are introduced, the setting is described, and the conflict begins to unfold.

What is the exposition?

400

Hints or clues about what is going to happen next.

What is foreshadowing?

500

Can you tell me everything that is happening this week for ASP?

Lights on event (Thursday)

wear yellow.

Enrichment preview (Friday)

you get to pick your new enrichments!

500

An idea that is clearly stated in the text.

What is explicit?

500

An expression or language that is illogical and means something other than its literal statement, opposite of expected

What is irony?

500

The part of the story that leads to the resolution.

What is the falling action?

500

This gets the reader's interest and builds up over time. It keeps the reader guessing what will happen next.

What is suspense?