Narratives
The setting of a story
What is the time and place a story takes place?
When a narrator uses "She, Their, etc." it is written in this perspective
What is Third Person Point of View?
The first sentence of an essay
What is the hook?
Ex: She is busy as a bee.
What is Simile?
A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.
What is flashback?
The problem of the story
What is conflict?
What a nonfiction text is mostly about
What is the central idea?
The Short-Analysis Response strategy
What is RACE?
Ex: A ribbon of highway
What is a metaphor?
When the writer hints at an event yet to come
What is foreshadowing?
The events of a story
What is the plot?
An author's message or life-lesson learned from a text
What is theme?
The controlling idea of your essay; the last sentence of your introduction
What is the thesis?
Ex: To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man
What is alliteration?
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
What is verbal irony?
Two characters talking to each other
What is dialgoue?
A conclusion you make based on your background knowledge and textual evidence.
What is Inference?
Rewriting a quote in your own words.
Ex: The computer hates me.
What is personification?
A device in literature where an object represents an idea.
What is symbolism?
Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
What is imagery?
Names of TWO dramatic elements from a play
What is...
Playwright
Script
Sound Effects
Soliloquy
Stage Directions
Bibliographies/Works Cited Lists are written in THIS order.
What is alphabetical order?
Ex: meow
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What is Onomatopoeia?
A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character
What is internal conflict?