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Any person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
An action word
What is a verb?
The part of a story where the audience learns information about the characters and setting
What is the Exposition?
That which makes a character interesting
What is the Internal Conflict?
The paragraphs of an essay that explore specific topics or ideas with support and explanations
What are Body paragraphs?
A description word
What is an adjective?
A punctuation mark that shows a contraction or possession
What is an apostrophe?
The bulk or majority of most stories, it builds tension
What is Rising Action?
The name for a main character whom fights for something, stands up for someone, and whose arc the audience follows
What is the Protagonist?
The device used to grab a reader's attention
What is the Opening Hook?
This word modifies or describes verbs and adjectives; usually ends in '-ly'
What is an adverb?
Known in Mr. Kratzer's ELA class as a "Story Delivery System"
What is Medium?
The point in a story where the conflict is introduced
What is the Inciting Incident?
The "Launching Pad" of a story, it's comprised of characters, setting, and inciting incident
What is the Premise?
The paragraph that restates the thesis AND encourages the reader to consider the real world significance of the subject
What is the Conclusion?
This is a "space/time" word
What is a preposition?
This vocabulary word refers to the different categories or types of stories (or music, art, etc.)
What is Genre?
The part of a story where the changes a character has gone through are examined
What is the Resolution?
The narrative element that is determined by the inciting incident
What is the Climax?
The name of the most important part of an essay that explains the purpose for writing
What is the thesis?
This is the word for that which produces the action in a sentence
What is the subject?
This word refers to something in a sentence that isn't primarily receiving the action
What is an indirect object?
The part of a story where the audience sees the consequences of the climax take effect
What is Falling Action?
It sounds like a baseball term, but it's the name for describing a premise to an audience in order to get them interested in your story
What is a story pitch?
The paragraph that grabs readers' attention and explains the purpose of the writing
What is the Introduction?