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Plot structure
Unit 2 words
The 6 Traits of Writing
Roots
Mystery questions
100
The events in a story which add to the tension.
What is rising action?
100
A problem in the story which is within one character's mind.
What is internal conflict?
100
The imaginative content of a work.
What is "Ideas"?
100
A root meaning "message."
What is text?
100
A type of writing that includes at least one imagined element.
What is fiction?
200
When events in the story are "wrapped up."
What is the resolution?
200
The way an author shows what a character is like.
What is characterization?
200
The flow of an author's sentences; a smooth combination of short and long sentences; varied sentence structures.
What is sentence fluency?
200
A root meaning "again."
What is "re"?
200
Looking for "big picture" things to fix in a writing piece.
What is revision?
300
When the general setting and characters are introduced; the background.
What is the exposition?
300
The reason for someone's actions.
What is a motive?
300
The order of a work; whether it is arranged logically or not.
What is organization?
300
A prefix meaning "before."
What is "pre-"
300
This author wrote the story "Greyling."
Who is Jane Yolen?
400
When the outcome of the plot becomes clear and the tension begins to resolve.
What is falling action?
400
A quality of a character which helps the reader understand his or her actions. Examples: Stubbornness, cleverness, ingenuity.
What is a trait?
400
This includes things like correct spelling, proper punctuation, capitalization, etc.
What are conventions?
400
Root meaning "with."
What is "con"?
400
This type of writing includes only true things, though it almost always includes opinions as well.
What is nonfiction?
500
The story's central problem
What is the conflict?
500
When the author directly states the main message of the story.
What is a stated theme?
500
Good authors use this to get their ideas across clearly. Weak: That animal is wet. Strong: That aardvark is drenched.
What is word choice?
500
A root meaning "to speak."
What is "-dict-?"
500
A reader might make this, based on clues from the text, as a logical assumption.
What is an inference?