What is the point of highest drama or tension in a story?
The climax.
100
What is the stage in the writing process where the final, polished work is submitted to an audience.
The publication stage.
100
What is simile?
A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
100
When a new speaker is introduced in a story and given dialogue, what should happen with the format?
The speaker is given a new paragraph.
200
What is character development?
The way that an author describes who a character is and what he or she is like in a narrative.
200
What is the stage in a narrative where all plot elements are wrapped up and the story concludes?
The resolution.
200
What is the stage when ideas are generated and tools like graphic organizers are used to plan?
The prewriting stage.
200
What is personification?
Giving the qualities or traits of a person or living things to something inanimate.
200
What are three different examples of prewriting?
Brainstorming, researching, story mapping, character sketching, graphic organizing (cluster/bubble, web, listing, etc.).
300
What is the conflict?
The tension in a narrative that moves the action forward.
300
What is the point a narrative where the setting is established and characters are introduced?
The exposition.
300
What is the stage when a revised rough draft is checked for mistakes in small-scale issues/conventions and turned into a polished final draft.
What is the rewriting/editing stage.
300
What is metaphor?
The comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as."
300
If an author has a very confident and arrogant emotional attitude in his or her writing, what is this quality know as?
The tone.
400
What is the plot?
The sequence of events that makes up a narrative.
400
What is the point in a story where the greatest drama subsides and the action winds down.
The falling action.
400
What is the stage when the ideas for a story are quickly written down in a rough first attempt?
The drafting stage.
400
What is hyperbole?
An exaggeration so big that no one would believe it is literally true, which shows the condition of a character.
400
What is the definition of mood?
The emotional response that a reader has to a narrative.
500
What is a theme?
A recurring message or idea in a narrative.
500
What is the point in a narrative where the conflict is introduced and the tension builds.
The rising action.
500
What is the stage when a first draft is changed in major ways, usually helped by feedback from conferencing?
The revision stage.
500
What is a symbol?
A person, place, thing, or idea in a story that has a meaning beyond the surface or literal level.
500
What are the three biggest differences between paragraph structure in essays and paragraph structure in narratives?
1) Essays are often organized into a set 5-paragraph format, while narratives have no set number. 2) Essays' paragraph structure is determined by the power of 3, while narratives have no set structure. 3) Essays rarely use dialogue in their structure, while narrative paragraphs are determined by dialogue.