Plot
What is the exposition?
How does the author introduce the setting, characters, and situation at the beginning of the story?
This is the reason behind a character’s actions, thoughts, or decisions in a story.
What is character motivation?
This is the time and place in which a story happens.
What is the setting?
When revising, this is the first thing you should check to make sure your ideas are clear and focused.
What is the thesis/main idea?
This word should always be capitalized, no matter where it appears in a sentence.
What is “I”?
What is the rising action?
What events or conflicts build tension and move the story toward the climax?
This is the struggle within a character’s mind, often involving choices, fears, or conflicting emotions.
What is internal conflict?
When the setting creates a mood of fear, happiness, or suspense, it is influencing this.
What is the mood/atmosphere?
Adding more details, examples, or explanations to strengthen your writing is called this.
What is elaboration?
This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction like and or but.
What is a comma?
What is the climax?
What is the turning point of the story where the main conflict reaches its highest intensity?
When a character faces tough choices, the way they respond helps the reader understand this?
What is their personality/character traits?
A story set in the past with real historical details is often called this genre.
What is historical fiction?
When sentences flow smoothly and ideas are connected with transition words, this improves your writing’s ___.
What is coherence/organization?
The past tense of run is this.
What is ran?
What is the falling action?
What events happen after the climax that begin to resolve the conflict?
This relationship often pushes the main character to grow or change, whether it’s a friend, enemy, or mentor.
What is a character relationship?
When the author describes sights, sounds, and smells of the setting, they are using this type of detail.
What are sensory details/imagery?
If a sentence is repeated or doesn’t add anything new, you should do this to improve your draft.
What is delete/remove it?
You should use this punctuation mark to show ownership, such as in “the dog’s toy.”
What is an apostrophe?
What is the resolution?
How does the story end, and what message or theme can you take away from it?
The process by which an author reveals a character’s growth, flaws, and changes across the plot is called this?
What is character development?
The setting can affect this part of the story by creating obstacles like storms, wars, or isolation.
What is the conflict/plot?
This type of revising focuses on making sure your introduction, body, and conclusion work together effectively.
What is structure/organization of the essay?
This type of sentence error happens when two independent clauses are joined without the correct punctuation or conjunction.
What is a run-on sentence?