Grammar & Revision
Fiction
Nonfiction
Organization
100
There must always be this many quotation marks

An even number

100

A comparison using like or as.

Simile

100

In this point of view, the narrator is the main character.

1st person

100

Goes in time order

Chronological

200

These conjunctions MUST have a comma before them when used to combine two sentences.

FANBOYS

200

A warning of a future event in the story.

Foreshadowing

200

The author's position on an issue.

Claim
200
Shows how one thing forces another thing to happen

Cause and Effect

300

This is an example of a subordinate conjunction which does NOT need a comma when placed in the middle of a sentence.

although, as, because, if, since, unlike, when, while

300

A look into the past to see a scene before the story

Flashback

300

A benefit of this point of view is that you get to see the main character's thoughts and feelings

1st person

300

Makes connections between two similar things

Compare and Contrast

400

When choosing a concluding sentence, choose one that does this.

Big picture or thematic

400

What does the figurative language show you:  After sitting on the bench all game, he felt as little as the baby sitting behind him in the bleachers.

How insignificant he felt

400

This point of view only shows you the events; you cannot see what anyone is thinking

3rd person objective

400

Lists things in some alphabetical or numerical order.

Sequential

500

When asked to elaborate on a sentence, someone should do this.

Explain in more detail

500

The overall message in the story

What is theme?

500

This point of view allows you to see what any character is thinking or feeling

3rd person omniscient

500

Which Two: A story that follows a man's life also shows how his time in the war made him scared and agitated later on.

Chronological and Cause and Effect