Linear Plot Development
What are the stages of plot development?
What is nonlinear plot development?
A story that presents events out of time order
What is diction?
A writer's word choice and vocabulary style.
What is a claim?
An author's position on a topic
What is author's purpose?
an author's reason for writing
What is the climax of the story?
What is a flashback?
A scene that interrupts a story to show you something that happened earlier or to provide background information about the story's characters
What is syntax?
The way words are organized into sentences and phrases.
What does supporting evidence do in argumentative writing?
It defends a claim's strength and accuracy
What is an author's message?
The main idea or point that the author wants to make through writing
In which stage does the writer introduce characters and setting?
Exposition
What is a frame story?
A story that includes, or frames, another story. It includes one narrator who begins and ends the frame story.
What is mood?
The overall atmosphere of a story.
What are examples of supporting evidence?
(hint: we went over 5 of these)
statistics, anecdotes, details and examples, facts, and quotations
What are primary sources?
Documents such as journals or diaries that give future readers an authentic sense of the time and place of the narrative
Rising action
What is first-person point of view? You can give examples of the pronouns used to help answer the question.
When the narrator of a story is a character from the story who speaks in the first person (I, me, my, we, our, us, mine)
What are some examples of types of diction?
Answers will vary.
Examples: slangy, friendly, casual, imaginative, firm, scholarly, etc.
Is this a statistic, anecdote, details and examples, quotations, or fact?:
In 2023, the average cost of a year's tuition and fees at a private college was $42,162. The average cost of in-state tuition and fees at a public university was $10,662
Statistics
What is narrative nonfiction?
A true story
What was the climax of Through the Tunnel?
When Jerry swims through the underwater tunnel
What is third-person point of view?
The narrator of the story is a voice outside the action of the story who speaks in third person (he, she, it, they, their)
What do diction and syntax do to an author's work?
They create a specific mood in a story
Is this a statistic, anecdote, details and examples, quotations, or facts?:
Female characters in video games are getting more powerful. Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn fits this profile. As Aloy, you are the main hero of the game. You play as a mighty warrior who defeats everything and anyone.
Details and examples
What is the purpose of using primary sources?
They make the story more vivid, personal, and believable