Nolan Special
This is a guess based on clued. Authors leave some details unstated; it is up to the readers to fill the "blanks" and make guesses about characters, events, and settinngs.
What is an inference?
These are stories that are brought to life by a script, director, and actors. This is meant to be watched.
What is drama (plays)?
This is the use of clues hinting at events that are going to happen later in the plot of the narrative or story.
What is foreshadowing? (Bonus - Why would an author use it?)
She (write, writes) every day.
What is writes?
The interaction of characters and events are developed through the message of the writing. The name of the text message is ___________________"
What is theme? (Bonus how do characters interact with an event?)
This includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is the plot line (story line)?
This is the playwright's directions or notes in a script that show how characters act or what the setting is. It is shown by brackets [ ].
What are stage directions?
This is the growing curiosity, tension, or anxiety the reader feels about the outcome of events in a literary work.
What is suspense? (Bonus - why would an author use this?)
The students (were, are) excited about the Christmas holiday event last week.
What is were?
"I have learned that our house has windows of gold and diamond." is a message or theme from what story? What does it mean?
What is the theme to "The Golden Windows"? It means we are all the same.
This is how you learn about characters without a direct statement?
What is actions and dialogue in plays? What is actions, thoughts, dialogue in stories?
The two type of talking introduced in "Christmas Carol". One is where an actor talks to another, and the other is the actor talks to the audience.
What is dialogue? What is monologue?
This is the position or belief of a writer or speaker in an argumentative text or speech. This is what is takes to back up the belief.
What is a claim? What is text evidence?
(john, John) is the president of the club.
What is John?
This is a category that includes chronological or sequence, cause and effect, descriptive, problem and solution, comparison and contrast, and definition.
What are organizational patterns? (Bonus Why would an author choose an organizational pattern?)
This is the main message of a passage.
What is a theme?
This is how you find out about a character in a play.
What is dialogue, actions, and directions in a script?
These are patterns of words that stress certain ideas and engage readers' interest. These show correct, careful reasoning. It is the art of communicating well with others.
What is rhetorical devices? (Bonus - What is direct address and analogy?)
We went to (dalls, Dallas) on (wednesday, Wednesday) to (see, See) the (bulls, Bulls) on the street.
What is Dallas? What is Wednesday? What is see? What is bulls?
This is the main reason for writing. For example, an author may want to entertain, inform, or persuade the reader. Sometimes an author is trying to teach a moral lesson or reflect an experience.
What is the author's purpose?
This type of writing presents accurate and verifiable information based on evidence, not opinions or personal narratives. It uses text features and graphic features.
What is informational text?
This is what makes a play different than a story.
What is it is meant to be watched, so the elements of the story is shown in what can be seen. (Bonus - what are some elements of a story?)
This language shows faulty reasoning. This weakens an argument in argumentative text or speech.
What is logical fallacies? (Bonus - What is a sweeping generalization?)
I will be an (actor, Actor) on the tv show and will win an (Emmy Award, emmy award).
What is actor? What is Emmy Award?
The author purposely chooses word choice to create mood (reader's feeling of written work), voice (author's individual writing style), and tone (writer's attitude). These are the authors tools in writing.
What is author's craft?