Plot
Events in a story that increase tension and lead to the story's climax
What is rising action?
When a story reflects back to events that happened earlier
What is a flashback?
Objects are always what part of speech?
What is noun?
Does not make literal sense - it's raining cats and dogs
What is an idiom?
The 3 things that must be included in a thesis statement
What is a restate of the question, your answer, and your main points?
The events that take place after the climax and lead to the resolution
What are falling actions?
What is mood?
What is adjective?
Compare two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
The point of view that you use when you write a narrative essay
What is 1st person "I"?
The end of the story - where we leave our characters after the conflict is resolived
What is the resolution?
What you need to do when you are asked to delineate
What is describe or portray (something) precisely?
Part of Speech of "for"
Get some extra snacks for after school practice.
What is a preposition?
Splat and boom are this type of figurative language
What is onomatopoeia?
What you do when you put text evidence into your own words
What is paraphrase?
When conflict occurs within a character - ie a big decision or choice to make
Internal Conflict or
Character vs. Self
The acronym that we look at for what author's purpose and what it stands for.
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Part of Speech of "quickly"
Please move quickly to the center of the room.
What is an adverb?
A "paragraph" in a poetry
What is a stanza?
What you do when you are asked to convey
What is to make (an idea, impression, or feeling) known or understandable to someone?
Conflict that occurs between a character and another character
What is external conflict?
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
What is connotation?
Part of Speech of "books"
She moved the books to the clearance table.
What is a direct object?
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
What is connotation?
An extra piece of information printed at the bottom of a page
What is a footnote?