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POV
Main Idea
Author's Purpose
Plot
Miscellaneous
100
I, me, my, and mine are all examples of this.
First Person POV.
100
It is often said that lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but this isn’t true. Go ask the forest rangers. Rangers who spend their summers as fire-fighters will tell you that every thundershower brings several bolts of lightning to their lookout stations.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but it's not true.
100
A story about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s
To entertain
100
The highest point in the story, also known as the turning point.
Climax
100
This is what the problem of the story is called. It can be internal and external.
Conflict
200
He, she, they, him and her are examples.
Third Person POV
200
Costs were low that year and the output high. There was a good person for each job and the market remained firm. There were no losses from fire. All in all it was the best years in the history of the company
These were the best years in the history of the company
200
A section in a history book describing the conditions and causes of the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s
To inform
200
When the story begins to drop off and come to a close.
Falling action
200
The place in which a story takes place is also known as...
Setting
300
You went to the grocery store yesterday, and your mother wouldn't buy you any candy. This sentence is an example of this POV
Second Person POV
300
There are great numbers of deer around here. This whole area is great country for hunters and fishermen. There are bears, mountain lions, and coyotes. To the east there are streams full of trout, and there are ducks and geese.
This area of the country is great for hunters and fishermen.
300
An instructional booklet describing how to operate an MP3 player
Inform
300
When the plot begins to reach the climax, but isn't quite there yet.
Rising Action
300
If I told you I was extremely tired, but had a huge race later, what could you infer?
That I was going to lose the race, or that I would not compete.
400
He looked at the lion closely, but knew if he approached too quickly his life would end.
Third person POV
400
Penicillin is one of the greatest of the wonder drugs. It has saved thousands of lives already and will save many more in the future. Unfortunately it has no effect at all on most of the ills of mankind. Penicillin is a very good drug, but it is certainly not a cure-all.
Penicillin is one of the greatest drugs, but it's not a cure-all.
400
An article where the author argues that an IPOD music player is better than a ZUNE
persuade
400
The very end of the story, also called a conclusion.
Resolution
400
She enjoyed shopping and loved to spend as much of her parents money as she possibly could, after all she didn't have to work for it. How could you characterize this character?
Shallow, superficial, greedy...ect.
500
He knew that no one, not even myself was listening to anything he had to say.
First Person
500
Advertising affects our lives everyday. Brand names are common household words. We start each day using the toothpaste, soap, and breakfast foods promoted by advertisers. Ads have made the cars we drive signs of our success. Our choices of food, dress, and entertainment are swayed by ads. Not one aspect of American life is untouched by advertising.
Advertising affects our lives everyday
500
A speech written by Jose Canseco listing the negative effects of steroids and urging young athletes to not use steroids
Persuade
500
The very beginning of the story that gives the setting and characters. Sometimes referred to as the introduction.
Exposition
500
A tornado is a powerful, twisting windstorm. It begins high in the air, among the winds of a giant storm cloud. People who have watched a tornado’s howling winds reach down from the sky have said it’s the most frightening thing they have ever seen. In some parts of the United States, these windstorms are called twisters or cyclones.
Tornado's are powerful, twisting windstorms.