Reading Strategies and Plot 6
True or false: The setting of a story can change as the story develops
true
Which of the following resources is the best to use to find a word's denotation?
a dictionary.
dolores street
1. metaphor
2. symbolism
3. simile
4. personification
4. personification
What is a thesis?
The main claim or argument that an essay is centered around.
The definition of setting in literature is
Where and when a story takes place.
The connotation of a word is
the ideas associated with the word
acseptable should be acceptable
Decide whether the following is a simile, metaphor, or neither.
white as a white cow's milk
simile
Which source would be the best to use in a technical essay about the development of drones?
Academic journal article
Where and when a story takes place.
theme
what is a connotation?
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
wierd should be weird
what is figurative language?
a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning.
how many parts of an essay are their?
3 main parts. Introduction, body paragraph, conclusion
the climax of a story is
When the conflict finally reaches a boiling point; the most exciting part of the story
what is a prefix?
1
A group of letters added to the beginning of a word.
embarrassment
what are the 6 types of figurative language?
Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, Idiom.
What is the order of paragraphs in an essay?
Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion
The purpose of a story's exposition is
to give details that help the reader understand the main conflict in the story
what is a suffix?
A group of letters added to the end of the root of a word
1. important
2. importence
3.imports
2. importence
giving human traits to objects or ideas is an example of
personification
what is the difference between topic and theme?
the topic pertains to the story's what and is driven by facts and specifics meanwhile the theme is the overall picture