Parts of Speech
What is the difference between Common and Proper Nouns?
Common nouns= not specific
Proper nouns= specific (capitalized)
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
similie
What is Theme?
Central message, concern, purpose of a story
What are the 3 types of Point of View?
1st person, 2nd person, and 3rd person
What does it mean to revise?
to edit, correct, review
It
an extreme exaggeration
Hyberbole
List the 5 main parts of a Plot Diagram
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
In a story the author uses words like I, we, us - what point of view is it written in?
the story in 1st person
What is a stanza?
a group of lines in a poem
Identify the preposition in the following sentence.
Rick jogged around the block, huffing and puffing.
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
Personification
What components are introduced in the exposition of any plot diagram?
Characters, Setting, Conflict (Inciting Incident)
What is the difference between internal and external conflict?
internal= emotions, thoughts, feelings
external= with other characters, weather, outside world, society
What is evidence?
information from the passage/text
What acronym do we use to remember coordinating conjunctions?
FANBOYS
repeating of the intial (first) sound
alliteration
What is a Climax of a story?
Most exciting, intense part
What is imagery?
The 5 senses: see, touch, taste, smell, hear
What does the word Mood mean?
the way the author makes the reader feel
Is this a sentence, fragment, or run-on
The dog sat by himself, eating his bone.
Sentence
comparing two unlike things
metaphor
What is a protagonist in a story?
the good guy
What is the difference between Connotation and Denotation?
Connotation= ideas associated with a word
Denotation= dictionary definition of a word
What are context clues?
hints given to help the reader understand unknown words