Once Upon a Time
The main character of the story. (Typically a good guy)
What is a protagonist?
This feature helps readers to better understand the meaning of words used in the text.
What is a glossary?
The strategy we use to analyze poetry.
What is TPCASTT?
The main argument or position on a particular topic or issue.
What is a claim?
The descriptions of actions, not said outloud, for actors to follow.
What are stage directions?
The person opposing the main character of a story. (typically a bad guy)
What is an antagonist?
The pattern of organization that is used for describing steps and stages, narration, and to show the sequence of events.
What is chronological order?
A comparison of things by saying one thing is the other.
What is a metaphor?
The specific details or facts that support an inference or idea.
What is evidence?
The person who writes the play.
what is a playwright?
The driving force of a story. The problem our characters must overcome.
What is the conflict?
This pattern of organization is used to show the similarities and differences between two topics.
What is compare & contrast?
What is a rhyme scheme?
The rhetorical appeal based on trust, credibility, and doing what is right.
What is ethos?
A large section of a play containing multiple scenes.
What is an act?
The strategy we use to summarize fiction.
What is Somebody Wanted But So Then?
The strategy we use to summarize informational text.
What is Who What When Where Why How?
Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
The rhetorical appeal based on facts and statistics.
What is logos?
A long, uninterrupted speech spoken by a character to other characters.
What is a monologue?
Name the six parts of a plot diagram.
What is exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, & resolution?
This shares extra information about a topic that is mentioned in the main part of the text.
What is a fact box?
A change in the mood, tone, language, or focus in a poem.
What is a shift?
The rhetorical appeal meant to elicit a certain emotion.
What is pathos?
The written dialogue, description, and directions provided by the playwright.
What is a script?