ELA 1
What is the first sentence of a paragraph called?
The topic sentence
Words that are used to let a reader know that something new is going to be presented in the paragraph. (transitions, conjunctions, dialogue)
Transitions
Words that connect two ideas to make a complex sentence. (transitions, conjunctions, dialogue)
Conjunctions
Part of a sentence that lets us know who is talking.
The speaker tag
Character dialogue needs to be surrounded by what type of punctuation?
Quotation marks
The turning point of a story is also know as the ____ of the story.
The climax
The ending of a story is also called the _____ of the story.
The resolution
The beginning of the story is also called the _____.
exposition
The part of a story plot that describes where and when the story takes place is called the _______.
The setting
The part of the of the story plot that comes right after the turing point of the story.
The falling action
Part of a story's plot that leads to the story's turning point.
The rising action
A character that has only one side to their personality.
A flat character
A type of character that does not change during a story.
A static character
What is it called when events in a story tell the reader that something is going to happen (usually something bad).
Foreshadowing
A character in a story who is being challenged by another character, who is called the antagonist.
The protagonist
What type of figurative Language is it when two unlike things are presented as being like each other?
A simile
What type of figurative language is it when something non-human is given human characteristics?
Personification
What type of figurative language is it when exaggeration is used?
Hyperbole
What type of figurative language is it when two unlike things are presented as being the same?
A metaphor
What type of figurative language is it when a word makes the reader think of a sound?
Onomatopoeia
The life lesson that a story is telling is what part of the story.
The theme
What type of character changes in a story?
A dynamic character
What type of character has many sides to their personality?
A round character
A series of events in a story create the ____ of the story.
The plot
The feeling that a story creates is called the ______ of the story. (happy sad, scary, funny)
The mood