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Parts of a Story
Types of writing
Grammar
Characteristics of Stories
Bonus
100
The turning point in a literary work
What is climax
100
An article in a newspaper or magazine that gives the editor's or author's point of view
What is editorial
100
Names particular people, places, things, or ideas.
What is a proper noun?
100
The feeling conveyed by the author's attitude toward his subject and by the particular way in which he writes about it
What is tone
100
She wears colorful skirts, has lots of markers, and laughs a lot.
What is Mrs. Cockerham?
200
The development of conflict and complications in a literary work
What is rising action
200
A recording of past events, persons, and places
What is history
200
Takes the place of nouns and groups of words acting as nouns.
What is a pronoun?
200
The feeling a piece of literature evokes in the reader: happy, sad, peaceful, etc.
What is mood
300
Results or effects of the climax of a literary work
What is falling action
300
A record of experiences, ideas, or reflections kept regularly for private use.
What is journal
300
Introduces subordinate clauses.
What is a relative pronoun?
300
A system of actions in a purposeful sequence represented in a work
What is plot
400
The writers way to give background information to the audience about the setting and the characters of the story
What is exposition
400
Records and presents topics of current interest to the public through news media.
What is journalism
400
Identifies objects that are tangible or can be identified through the senses.
What is a concrete noun?
400
The time and the place in which the story takes place
What is setting
500
The portion of the play/ story where the problem is solved, providing closure
What is resolution
500
A factual recording of current events, persons, and places and appears in the newspaper or magazine. Answers who, what, when, where, why, and how.
What is news story
500
Describes physical or mental action.
What is an action verb?
500
The use of details which are characteristic of a certain region or section of the area
What is local color