What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
Introduces the main characters, establishes the setting, and provides the initial context of the story, laying the foundation for the narrative's development.
Which part of the plot diagram does that apply to?
Exposition
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF RESOLUTION (END)
The point where all conflicts are resolved. The resolution is not always happy, but it does complete the story. The resolution or ending of the story may answer important questions and tie up loose ends.
What is the opening paragraph to your writing called?
The closing, the introduction, or the body?
Introduction
This term describes the way an author reveals a character’s personality through their thoughts, actions, and dialogue.
characterization
The problem of the story
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
Why should you annotate while reading?
Reading exercises your brain muscles! It helps you to critically think about the text.
She is busy as a bee.
What type of figurative language is this?
simile
What is text evidence?
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = a made up story
Nonfiction = text based on factual information
What type of figurative language is this?
"The candle flickered in the dark room, casting long, dancing shadows across the cracked wooden floor."
imagery
Which sentences are examples of metaphors.
The sun was a bright ball of fire.
The bunny was as soft as velvet.
The shoes were a smelly skunk.
That test was as easy as pie.
1. The sun was a bright ball of fire.
3. The shoes were a smelly skunk.
Read the questions FIRST
Annotate (take notes) the passage for Key details, Important Info, and Unknown/Unfamiliar words
Process of Elimination with answer choices
Test Taking Strategies
What a nonfiction text is mostly about?
Facts or real events
What is a verb?
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence:
"I’ve told you a million times to clean your room!"
hyperbole - This is an exaggeration because the speaker hasn’t literally said it a million times, but it emphasizes how often the request has been made.
This type of word describes a noun by telling what kind, how many, or which one.
adjective
The pretty girl looked in my direction.
WHAT IS A PLOT DIAGRAM?
It is a visual representation of a story's structure, breaking it down into its essential components, which helps readers and writers analyze and understand narratives more effectively. Simply stated, it is a way of tracking the important events in a story.
What is at the top of the plot diagram?
Climax
How many nouns are in this sentence:
Boyer and Shayna drove past the store and quickly parked by Chipotle.
4
What is rhyme scheme in a poem?
1. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
2. The repetition of verb sounds in a poem
3. The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines in a poem.
3. The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines in a poem.
The wind whispered secrets through the trees,
Dancing softly in the evening breeze.
The moon wore a silver crown so bright,
Watching over the world at night.
Question: What is the figurative language used in this poem, and what does it mean?
Personification—The wind is given the human trait of whispering, which creates an image of gentle movement and sound.