A whole PLOT of fun!
What do we learn in the exposition?
Setting and characters
What is a thesis?
The main claim/main idea of our essay
What is a theme?
The life lesson in a story
What can we use to find the definition of a word?
A dictionary
In what part of the plot do we learn a story's theme?
The resolution
What point of view should we write informational essays in?
3rd-person
Which character type do we usually see change throughout a story?
Protagonist
What do we call words around an unknown word that help us figure out what it means?
Context clues
What is the climax of a story?
The turning point/high point/point where a protagonist is faced with a dificult decision
What are two ways you can write a hook?
Ask a question or share an interesting fact
What is dialogue and how to we include it correctly?
Conversation between characters; put quotation marks around it
What is a connotation/connotative meaning?
The feelings associated with a word
Name all five elements of plot, in order.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What are two ways we can avoid plagiarising in our essays?
Paraphrase and include signal phrases+quotation marks
What is sensory language?
Detailed writing that helps readers see, feel, taste, smell, or hear what the characters do
What are explicit details?
Information that the author has stated directly
Character vs. character, nature, self, and society
List the four parts of a conclusion paragraph, in order.
Transition, restate thesis, summarize main points, statement of hope
How do we (as readers) determine an implicit theme in a story?
By determining what the protagonist has learned from the conflict or how they have changed throughout the story
Where can we go to find synonyms of a word?
Thesaurus