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Metaphor
What is A comparison without using like or as
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Falling action
Everything that happens after the climax of a story
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"I don't know," he replied. "Come on! You have to come to the dance, it'll be fun," his best friend said with hope in his eyes.
What is Dialogue
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At what point in the story does the exposition usually occur?
What is The beginning. The exposition tells the reader important background information about a story.
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What are these? Simba in The Lion King, Ponyboy in The Outsiders, Katniss in The Hunger Games
What is Protagonists
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Dialect
What is Dialect should show someone's region, education, social status, or economic status
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Conflict
What is The struggle between opposing forces.
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Her eyes were as blue as the sky.
What is Simile
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What is setting?
What is The time, place, and conditions in which the action of a story takes place.
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What is this: The boy was about twelve years old and loved football.
What is Direct Characterization
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What are the three kinds of conflict we know about?
What is Person vs. Person, Person vs. Self, Person vs. World/Society
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Resolution
What is The part of the story in which the problems are solved and the action comes to a satisfying end.
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The character in the story who comes into conflict with the main character. Example: Scar in The Lion King
What is Antagonist
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In dialogue, what two things do you do to show the reader that there is a new speaker, without saying it?
What is Skip a line and Indent
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What is this an example of? I thought it was a good idea. I guess I was wrong.
What is First Person Point of View
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Give me an example of IMAGERY in a sentence.
What is Imagery should give the reader a VISUAL of the story
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Theme
What is A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.
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Life is a highway.
What is Metaphor
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What are two things a dialect can tell us about someone?
What is Education, Region, Economic Status, Social Status
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What is third person limited?
What is The person telling the story who is not a person in the story, but tells the story from the viewpoint of only one character.
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What does the color red normally symbolize? (Think of "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros)
What is anger or embarrassment
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Characterization
What is The way a writer creates and develops a character
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The rain glowed on the dark pavement. It had been so hot that steam was rising from the street after it rained. A child splashed around in the deep puddles, drenching her red rain boots.
What is Imagery
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How is accent different from dialect?
What is Accent is just pronunciation, while Dialect is pronunciation, vocabulary, spelling, and grammar.
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Indirect characterization is the way a writer creates and develops characters by indirectly stating something about the character. "Her tiny hands were shaking as she walked into the dentist's office. She looked up at her mom and couldn't believe she was making her go into that place." What can we infer about the character based off this indirect characterization?
What is she is young, she is shorter than her mother, she hates the dentist, she is scared