What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
What is the problem of the story called?
The conflict
What is a claim?
an argument being made by a piece of writing
What is the opening paragraph of an essay called?
Introduction
What is the narrator of a story?
The person speaking
What can you use to find the meaning of a word you don't know?
Context clues (reading the sentence around the word)
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
A stanza
A type of figurative language that shows one thing as being similar to another WITHOUT using like or as?
Metaphor
Figurative language that compares two things using the words "like" or "as"?
Simile
What is the literary term for when you examine the similarities and differences between two parts of a story?
Compare and Contrast
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = a made up story
Nonfiction = text based on factual information
In what ways are an argumentative and narrative essay different?
Argumentative is trying to convince the reader of a claim.
Narrative is writing a story.
What is the part of a story where the conflict becomes more intense?
Rising Action
What do the four letters in TIER stand for?
Topic Scentence, Introduction, Evidence, and Reasoning/Restating
"You eat like a pig" would be an example of what type of figurative language?
"Time is money" would be an example of what type of figurative language?
Metaphor
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
What was the MAIN CLAIM that Malala made in her Nobel Lecture?
That all kids deserve quality primary and secondary education
What is a reason why a poet may leave breaks between stanzas?
For dramatic effect (various answers will count)
What part of the story would fill in the blank label at the very top
Climax
What TWO parts of an argument must be present in order to support a claim?
Evidence and reasoning
What was the MAIN IDEA of the poem Famous
That normal items and people can be famous based on the impact they have on other's lives
"And they all lived happily ever after" would be an example of what part of a story?
The resolution