Fiction
Poetry
Nonfiction
Analysis Paragraphs
Things I Should Know
100

The part of the story that introduces the characters, setting, and conflict.

What is the Exposition/Introduction?

100

Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

100

Located in the front of the book that tells what page each chapter is on and the title of each chapter.

What is The Table of Contents?

100

The sentence that states the claim.

What is the topic sentence/thesis?

100

What street is YES Prep Northside on?

What is Jensen Drive?

200

The turning point of the story, when the character makes a transition.

What is the climax?

200

The comparison of two unlike things to illuminate a particular quality or aspect or one of those things.

What is a metphor?

200

A text structure that presents details in time order, from first to last--or sometimes from last to first.

What is chronological order?

200

The sentence that provides words/phrases from the text to support the claim.

What is evidence?

200

Who is the Grade Level Chair of 6th grade?

Who is Ms. Griffin?

300

The part of the story where the conflict is fixed.

What is the resolution?

300

Lines in a poem that are written together.

What is a stanza?

300

A text structure that shows the ways in which two or more subjects are similar and different.

What is compare and contrast text structure?

300

The sentence that explains how the author uses a literary device to show a piece of evidence supports the claim.

What is commentary?

300

Mr. Suber's age.

What is 47 years old?

400

The part of the story that builds the suspense and makes the reader keep reading.

What is the rising action?

400

The strategy we use to analyze poetry to summarize, examine emotional effect, speaker's shift in the poem, and the theme.

What is I Heart Poetry?

400

The text written below or next to a photograph.

What is a caption?

400

The last sentence of the paragraph that summarizes what the person wrote.

What is the conclusion sentence?

400

Which teachers just had a baby?

Who are Mrs. Lopez and Ms. Fletcher.

500
One to two sentences that describes the beginning, middle, and end of a story and tells the main idea.

What is a summary?

500

The author's attitude toward the subject matter or toward the reader or audience.

What is tone?

500

A text structure that gives the reader a picture or image of what is happening. The writer will use vivid adjectives and colorful nouns. 

What is description?

500

Simile, metaphors, hyperboles, tone, personification, word choice, are all examples of this in analysis writing.

What is literary elements/devices?

500
The year I will graduate high school.

What is 2027?