Theme
What does theme mean?
What is the main idea of the story?
Describe why figurative language is used.
What is to enhance a story or to add description?
What is one example of expository writing?
What is essays, responses, front page articles in a newspaper...?
What term describes the sequence of events that make up the story?
What is the plot?
Name one type of letter?
What is personal letter, business letter, letter of complaint...?
Can a story have more than one theme (Yes or no)?
What is yes?
What is the type of figurative language that makes a comparison of two unlike items using "like" or "as"?
What is a simile?
Why is expository writing important?
What is it explains the author's meaning, or compares and contrasts, etc..
How many parts make up the plot (one to five)?
What is five?
What would we write in if we would like to record our personal feelings and events of the day?
What is a diary or journal?
Name one universal theme.
What is Unconditional love
Forgiveness
Friendship?
Name two examples of figurative language.
What is similes, metaphors, personification, idioms, alliteration, onomatopoeia?
What is the name of the sentence that describes the main idea of an essay?
What is a thesis sentence?
What is the part of the story that includes the setting and conflict?
What is the exposition?
Is there a difference between journal writing and diary writing (Yes or No)?
What is yes?
When would we need to find a common theme from the story?
When is writing an essay or response?
What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence, "Annie adores apples."
What is alliteration?
Where are the main ideas of an essay discussed?
What are the body paragraphs?
What is the climax of the story?
What is the turning point in the story?
Where does the date and address go on a formal letter (left or right side of the page)?
What is the right side of the page?
Give one example of where to find a theme (any form of literature)?
What is a novel, short story, magazine or newspaper article or song?
What type of literature uses figurative language?
What is music, novels, short stories, poems, etc...?
What is the final paragraph of an essay called?
What is the conclusion?
What is the final part of the plot?
What is the resolution or denouement?
What is the salutation in a letter?
What is "Dear..."?