LITERARY TERMS
The person who is telling the story.
What is a narrator?
The main problem of a story.
What is the conflict?
The intentional or unintentional use of another's words or ideas and claiming them as your own.
What is plagiarism?
Identify the error in the sentence/passage.
When they finally breached the walls of Massada in A.D. 73. The Romans were amazed at what they found.
What is a sentence fragment?
The author uses descriptive or figurative language to create word pictures for the reader.
What is imagery?
"Man vs. Self" is an example of this.
What is internal conflict?
This "map" or "skeleton" of your essay--usually done before you begin writing--can help you organize your thoughts and ideas.
What is an outline?
Rewrite this sentence to correct faulty structure and coordination.
Nearly fifty years later Lewis Keller bought the Oakhurst property, and he was a golf lover.
What is "Nearly fifty years later, Lewis Keller, a golf lover, bought the Oakhurst property."
This is the universal message on a subject that a writer conveys in a short story, novel, or other fictional work
What is theme?
The audience or reader knows information that the characters do not know.
What is dramatic irony?
The part of the story that develops the conflict through a series of events that build interest or suspense.
What is rising action?
This usually appears at the end of your first paragraph in an informational or argument essay and should cover only what you will discuss in your essay.
What is a thesis statement?
By changing the word ____ to ____ in this sentence, you will correct the improper pronoun use.
The python is such a pest in The Everglades National Park that it has become necessary to find ways to eradicate their population in order to insure the survival of other species.
What is "their" to "its"?
This writing is objective, includes only the big ideas from a nonfiction text, and is stated in your own words
What is objective summary?
The most exciting part of a story. It is also the turning point and where everything seems most intense.
What is the climax?
Choose the best order for these details in a paragraph.
(A) Because of its use of a variety of livestock, cheese-making has been of primary economic importance for hundreds of years in the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Switzerland. (B) Cheese-making probably originated soon after men first obtained milk from wild or domesticated animals. (C) Hundreds of varieties of cheese are made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, water buffalo, mares, llamas, and yaks. (D) Many years ago, humans discovered that cheese could be made from the curd formed when milk coagulates.
What is D,B,C,A?
Which sentences are correctly written?
A. We were out of milk, I went to the store.
B. We were out of milk, so I went to the store.
C. We were out of milk; I went to the store.
D. We were out of milk: I went to the store.
What is B and C?
The use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are related. For example, in Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing," he uses the gerund phrases: "I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work..."
What is parallelism?
Identify the text structure:
Some countries, such as Japan, or parts of a country, like California in the United States, have a lot of earthquakes. In these places it is a good practice to build houses and other buildings so they will not collapse when there is an earthquake. This is called seismic design or "earthquake-proofing."
What is problem and solution?
Because of its use of a variety of livestock, cheese-making has been of primary economic importance for hundreds of years in the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Switzerland. Cheese-making probably originated soon after men first obtained milk from wild or domesticated animals. Hundreds of varieties of cheese are made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, water buffalo, mares, llamas, and yaks. Many years ago, humans discovered that cheese could be made from the curd formed when milk coagulates.
From these details, what is the best thesis?
A. In modern factories, cheese is mass-produced according to standardized recipes and techniques.
B. Cheese is a highly nutritious food that can be used in a variety of ways.
C. Cheese is a milk product that has a long history, a wide distribution, and considerable economic importance.
What is C?
This type of punctuation is used between closely related independent clauses which are not joined by a coordinating conjunction.
What is a semicolon?