Fiction
Name five genres
Horror, Realistic Fiction, Fantasy, Drama, Prose, Science Fiction, Comedy, etc.
What is a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
opinion
"bzzzzz" "skkrttttskrttt" "swwosh!"
onomatopoeia
"Swoosh!" "Bzzzz" "Skrtttskrtttt"
onomatopoeia
She is going to the movies Izzy is going to see Star Wars.
period or semicolon after movies
What is it called when an author hints at a future event?
foreshadowing
What are the three purposes for writing (P.I.E.)
persuade, inform, entertain
Collection of lines in a poem that make a paragraph
stanza
Her hair was as soft as clouds.
simile
I am going to pick out a dog. My top choices are golden retriever, dachshund, and chocolate lab.
Use a colon to edit this sentence.
remove are, add colon OR put after dog
What builds the anticipation for the outcome of a plot towards the resolution?
suspense
What is a true statement called?
factual claim
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
alliteration
I had to tell my mom I failed the test. I had a big problem that was a growing splinter in my toe. The longer I hid the truth, the more infected it became.
metaphor
Its going to be a great spring break.
It's
Who is in opposition to the main character of a story?
the antagonist
The way the author organizes the text is called ___________. Two examples are _________ and _______.
structure; cause and effect, compare and contrast, etc.
RANDOM!
What are the three rhetorical devices?
Logos appeals to the audience's reason, building up logical arguments. Ethos appeals to the speaker's status or authority, making the audience more likely to trust them. Pathos appeals to the emotions, trying to make the audience feel angry or sympathetic, for example.
"I'm sleepy, think I'll hit the hay!"
idiom
You're dog is so cute!
Your
Name all the parts of the plot.
exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
You should always use this when you write your ECRs and SCRs on STAAR!
EVIDENCE in "quotation marks" and you need to explain how it relates to the controlling idea
T.P.C.A.S.T.T.
title, paraphrase, connotation, attitude, shift, title, theme
You're acting like such a Scrooge!
allusion
i seent him yestrday he said i dont think its the correct time
I saw him yesterday. He said, "I don't think it's the correct time."