essay
What’s the importance of Topic sentence?
Transitional phrase(first of all, firstly,etc)reason from your thesis
what is personification?
Giving human qualities or characteristics to something not human.
What’s an conflict?
The major conflicts/problems in the story.
What is actions
The actions,problems,conflicts,and so on that happen during a story
what is the setting of a story or novel?
Setting is the when and where a story takes place.
What’s the importance of hook/attention getter?
Can be a quote,a story,or having the reader something. Must be related to the topic of the essay.
what is mataphor?
Make a straight up comparison of 2 things.
What’s an Attitude?
What attitude does the author take regarding the major issue tackled in the story
What is an internal conflicts?
Within a character(like depression).
what is a flashback?
When the story goes back in time to tell part of the story or to tell about something that about something that happened before.
What’s the importance of thesis?
your claim or point,with 3 reasons why
These reasons become body pragaraphs.
what is a simile?
Use “like”or “asl to compare 2 things.
what does the term “theme” mean when talking about a story,poem,and so on?
Theme is Central ideal/insight in a story,poem,and so on.
what are the elements of a plot structure
Rising Action
Climax
Basic situation
Resolution
what is foreshadowing?
When an author hints about what will happen lather in the story.
what are the main parts of an introduction paragraph?
1.hook/attention getter
2.background info:what the reader needs to know before reading.
3.thesis:your claim or point,with 3 reasons why
4.5 sentences long
why is figurative language mean?
To give their writing color. To create imagery in the readers’minds. To capture reader’s attention. To give readers a better depth of understanding. To help fully get across their message.
what are things we can look at to help us analyze something to figure out the theme?
Title
Paraphrase
Conflict
Attitude
Shift/changes
what is an external conflict?
Between a character and someone or something else(like a fight)
What’s the used of flashback?
Use flashback to explain why the story this develop,and make story more interesting.
what are the main parts of a body paragraph?
1.Topic sentence
2.concrete detail/textual evidence
3.commentary= so what ?
4.2nd concrete detail/textual evidence
5.commentary=so what?
6.conclusion sentence =restate#1(above)
7.8 sentence
what does figurative language mean?
The use of simile,metaphors,allusions,and personification that go beyond the literal meaning of the word.
what are some things we can look at that can help us analyze a character?
1.Anthor’s description
2.Dialogue(what the character says)
3.Actions(what the character does)
4.Interactions(how the character interacts/deals with other characters)
5.Motivations(what makes the character do what he or she does)
What is an climax?
The most exciting part of a story. This is usually found near the end.
What’s the used of foreshadowing?
Author use foreshadowing to speculation what will happen in the future.