Also known as a complete thought
What is a sentence?
Also known as the main idea of a piece of writing
What is the theme?
The main character
What is the protagonist?
The answer to the writing prompt
What is the thesis statement?
The part of the story where the characters and setting are revealed
What is the exposition?
Comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
A group of words that lack meaning on their own
What is a sentence fragment?
The father of the detective story
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
Type of conflict that is inside the character's mind
The attention grabber found in the introduction
What is the hook?
Events that build the suspense of a story
What is rising action?
Comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
Two complete thoughts joined incorrectly
What is a run-on sentence?
To put text into your own words
What is paraphrasing?
Anything that goes against the main character
What is the protagonist?
After the topic sentence you should provide this
What is text evidence?
The highest point of tension- the turning point
What is the climax?
Repeating initial consonant sound
What is alliteration?
One way to fix a run-on sentence is to add one of these
What is a semi-colon?
When the reader knows something that the character does not know
What is dramatic irony?
The problems the character faces
What is conflict?
This comes after providing evidence
What is a detailed analysis?
The events that tie up the story
What is falling action?
Reference to a well-known person, place, event, work of art, etc.
What is an allusion?
When the sentences maintain the same structure
What is parallelism?
Genre that contains terror, the supernatural, castles, and maidens in despair
What is gothic literature?
The lesson about life the author is trying to convey
What is the theme?
This restates the main idea and introduction
What is the conclusion?
The ending of the story
What is the resolution? or What is the denouement?
Repeating words or phrases at the beginning of a line
What is anaphora?