Figurative Language
The computer groaned as it started up.
What is personification?
This is the ending of the story.
What is the resolution/conclusion?
a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, things, or ideas.
What is a noun?
This type of writing tells a story following the plot diagram, uses dialogue, and includes characters.
What is narrative writing?
This is the message of the story.
Referring to something without mentioning it directly (usually comes from pop-culture).
What is allusion?
This is the leading or main character of a story and usually seen as the "good guy".
What is a protagonist?
The student studied for two hours the night before the final exam.
What is a verb?
This type of writing is dependent on the text and needs to include evidence to support the prompt.
What is Text-Dependent Analysis?
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
What is an inference?
The ball made a wishhhhhhhh sounds as it flew through the air and effortlessly went into the basket.
What is onomatopoeia?
The most intense part of the story or the turning point.
What is the climax?
Replaces a noun to avoid repetition (such as he, she, it, we, they, them, etc.)
What is a pronoun?
This sentence/statement restates the prompt and tells the reader the three topics that will be included in the body paragraphs.
What is a thesis statement?
The most important thought about the topic, located in different places within a paragraph (usually the first sentence).
What is main idea?
This is an extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary
What is an antagonist?
A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, nor).
What is a conjunction?
This type of writing includes facts about a specific topic and informs the reader.
What is informative writing?
These strategies help the reader think about the text while they are reading (e.g. Questioning, visualizing, monitoring vocabulary).
What are Active Reading Strategies?
These are the names of the 3 types of irony we learned in class.
These four types of conflict are used to describe the relationship of problem occurring in a story.
What is Character vs. Character, Character vs. Society, Character vs. Nature, Character vs. Self
The wind blew swiftly across the meadow through the tall, green grass.
What is an adverb?
This type of writing includes a claim and evidence throughout to support the claim.
What is argumentative writing?
This is the name of the sub-genre for The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963.
What is historical fiction?