Narrative Techniques
What is another term for Central Idea?
Main idea, or Theme
What is the definition of an adverb?
A word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
What is an inference?
An educated guess.
What do coordinating conjunctions do?
Coordinating conjunctions connect words, phrases, and clauses of equal importance.
What does the suffix -ity mean?
quality of
What is a narrator?
What is the adverb in the following sentence? Maurice asked politely for change.
Politely
What is the definition of direct characterization?
The writer directly describes a person’s character traits.
What are examples of coordinating conjunctions?
FANBOYS
For, and, now, but, or, yet, so
What does the suffix -ment mean?
act of, result of
What words tell the reader that a story is in 1st person point of view?
I, me, mine, we
What is the definition of an adjective?
A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
What is the definition of indirect characterization?
The writer uses indirect characterization to show (not tell) things that reveal the personality of a character.
What do subordinating conjunctions do?
Subordinating conjunctions connect a less important clause to a more important clause.
What is the denotation of a word?
The dictionary definition.
What words tell the reader that a story is being told in 3rd person point of view?
They became lifelong, devoted friends.
"Lifelong, devoted" is what type of adjective?
Coordinate adjectives
What is an independent clause?
An independent clause has a subject and a verb, and it can stand by itself as a sentence.
What word in the following sentence is a subordinating conjunction:
Although it was early, the heat already hung heavy in the air.
although
What is the connotation of a word?
An association or feeling that a word suggests.
What do supporting details do in a text?
Provide evidence for the main idea stated in the topic sentence.
What is the definition of a possessive pronoun?
A pronoun that is used to show ownership or possession.
What is a dependent clause?
A dependent, or subordinate, clause has a subject and a verb, but it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is the possessive pronoun in this sentence:
I didn't know it then, but that single breeze would long stand out in my memory.
My
What is meant by the term "weighted words"?
Weighted words are prepared and arranged in a way that is likely to produce a particular effect, usually an advantage, rather than any other.