Source materials that are closest to a person, time period, or information you are researching
(I.e. A letter written by George Washington about the problems he faced in leading his troops.)
What is Primary Source?
100
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
(flimsy flippers flailing and flopping)
What is Alliteration?
100
Similar vowel sounds repeated in nearby words but contain different consonants
(a slick city hill)
What is Assonance?
100
The problem in the story
What is Conflict?
100
A source that discusses information originally presented elsewhere
(I.e. A paper written this year about the Revolutionary War.)
What is Secondary Source?
200
The highest point of suspense in a written work---- after this point the story/conflict resolves itself
(I.e. John Henry competing against the Steam Engine)
What is Climax?
200
Conversations between characters
What is Dialogue?
200
The person telling the story
What is Narrator?
200
The use of words that sound like the things they are describing
(Bam, Boom, Smack)
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
Figurative language in which human characteristics are given to non-human objects
What is Personification?
300
A series of events that make up a story
What is Plot?
300
A kind of writing that is written in lines, stanzas, and has emphasis on rhymes and rhythms
What is Poetry?
300
The main character in a story who faces a problem or conflict
What is Protagonist?
300
A figure of speech that uses double meaning to make a play on words
(Teachers have lots of class.)
What is Pun?
300
The ending or solving of the conflict in a story or play
What is Resolution?
400
The time and place of a story
What is Setting?
400
Shows relationships words in two pairs of words.
Hot: Cold :: Day: Night
Mother: Daughter :: Father: Son
What is Analogy?
400
What the writer is trying to tell you about life or mankind
What is Theme/Central Idea?
400
The writer's attitude and approach towards the subject he/she is writing
What is Tone?
400
The pictures you see in your mind as you read
What is Imagery?
500
The feeling the passage creates for you as you read
What is Mood?
500
In this type of narration the person narrating the story is also part of the story and uses pronouns like I, me, my, our
What is First Person Narration?
500
In this type of narration, the narrator telling the story is not part of the story and uses pronouns like they, them, he, she
What is Third Person Narration
500
This type of narration is used mainly in giving directions or instructions .... the narrator is speaking to YOU.
What is Second Person Narration?
500
The difference between what is said & what is meant ----
The difference between what appears to be true and what is really true