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Point of View
Author's Purpose
Introductions
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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This point of view is not narrated by a character in the story who can see everything that is happening and knows the thoughts and goings-on of everyone in the story.
What is third person omniscient?
100
The three main purposes for writing.
What are to persuade, inform, and entertain?
100
This is the main idea of a paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
100
This type of conflict involves a character's struggle within his/her mind, such as making a difficult decision.
What is internal conflict?
100
One test-taking strategy for answering reading comprehension questions about a passage is to...
What is read the questions first?
200
This point of view is narrated by a character in the story using words like I, me, my, us, and we.
What is first person point of view?
200
Identify the author's purpose: The purple aliens landed with a crash and a boom. The residents of the small Iowa town ran in all directions as the multi-fingered creatures got off their spaceship. They landed right in front of the local cell phone store and appeared to be eager to check out Earth's communication technology. Fortunately, the salesman kept his head and showed the aliens many kinds of cell phones. The friendly purple creatures soon discovered that cell phones were cool. And lo and behold, the salesman had never seen anyone learn how to text so quickly. Maybe friendly aliens would do well on Earth after all.
What is to entertain?
200
This is the way to gain the reader's interest at the beginning of the writing piece.
What is the hook?
200
The semicolon is used to separate two ______________ _____________, or complete thoughts, that are closely related.
What is independent clauses?
200
This type of conflict involves a struggle between a character and an opposing force, like another character or a force of nature.
What is external conflict?
300
Identify the point of view in this passage: “I like colorful tales with black beginnings and stormy middles and cloudless blue-sky endings. But any story will do.” ― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan
What is first person point of view?
300
Identify the author's purpose: HAMSTERS FOR SALE: Humble Pet Store, in the mall: We have a large selection of hamsters for sale this week. They are interesting pets, and you will enjoy having one! They are only $17.99 this week!! Come and buy yours today!
What is to persuade?
300
This type of hook is a short story, sometimes humorous, to support a point the author is making.
What is an anecdote?
300
A ______________ sentence is when two clauses are joined together by a comma and conjunction or a semicolon.
What is a compound sentence?
300
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things without using the words like or as.
What is a metaphor?
400
Identify the point of view of this passage: Harry had taken up his place at wizard school, where he and his scar were famous ...but now the school year was over, and he was back with the Dursleys for the summer, back to being treated like a dog that had rolled in something smelly. The Dursleys hadn't even remembered that today happened to be Harry's twelfth birthday. Of course, his hopes hadn't been high. - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
What is third person limited?
400
Identify the author's purpose: Tomatoes were once considered poisonous. Some brave people finally took a bite of a tomato, and they survived. Now, we use tomatoes in our salads and sandwiches. Do you ever use tomato sauce or ketchup? These products are made of tomatoes. If it weren't for these brave individuals, you might not be able to enjoy ketchup with your French fries.
What is to inform?
400
This type of hook is a request for information using who, what, when, where, why, or how.
What is a question?
400
The ________ ________ is the central, or big idea of a piece of writing.
What is the main idea?
400
This is a struggle between opposing forces in a narrative.
What is a conflict?
500
Identify the point of view in this passage: Jill was scared to admit that she liked Jack, but little did she know, he liked her too. In fact, as she spent her days trying to think up creative ways to avoid him, Jack was planning out creative ways to ask her to the school dance.
What is third person omniscient?
500
Identify the author's purpose: What do you do with aluminum cans? Do you throw them in the trash, or do you recycle when you are finished with them? At the rate we are filling our landfills, we will not have anywhere else to put our trash. If you recycle, you will help the environment. The next time you throw away your Coke can, think about putting it in a recycling bin. Your effort will help save your community.
What is to persuade?
500
This type of hook used to shock, surprise or draw the audience in. For example, it could be a question like, "Have you ever wondered how good grades would affect your salary?"
What is a statement of intrigue or interest?
500
Choose the best transition to use when writing a sequence of events: on the other hand, therefore, or next.
What is next?
500
Write the two compound sentences in one combined sentence using a semicolon: I always dance when I hear the Electric Slide. It's my favorite!
What is: I always dance when I hear the Electric Slide; it's my favorite!