Plot
In a story, this is where all conflicts are resolved.
What is the resolution?
The opposition of forces that are essential to a plot and drive the story.
What is conflict?
This is needed in every piece of writing where the author is proving a claim or idea.
What is text evidence?
In writing, this is the comparison between two different things without using the words "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
I am trying to write a paper on why hot sauce is the best. What style of writing should I be using?
What is persuasive writing?
What is the climax?
The underlying message of a story.
What is theme?
This is a statement made typically at the beginning of a piece of informational writing. This tells the reader what will be discussed throughout.
What is a thesis statement?
The occurrence of the same consonant letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely related words. The repetition of sounds in writing.
What is alliteration?
When reading a text, doing this is helpful in order to understand the gist of each paragraph or section.
What is annotating?
In a story, these are the events that help build the story.
What is the rising action?
The author uses this to create a sense of unease or worry. It is typically built up overtime.
What is tension?
This is the reason or intent of an author's piece of writing. Some examples of this are: to amuse the reader, persuade the reader, or inform the reader.
What is the author's purpose?
An author uses this in writing to reference a preexisting person, work, event, or well-known piece of pop culture. Both novels we have read use this type of figurative language.
What is an allusion?
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so, or F.A.N.B.O.Y.S are all examples of what?
What are coordinating conjunctions?
The feeling or emotional response you get when reading a story is due to its ________.
What is mood?
In writing, this is the way in which the author reveals themselves through their work. The ________ of the author is their personality shining through.
What is voice?
This is used at the end of a piece of informational text to keep the readers thinking about the topic. This drives home the text and ties it all together.
What is a clincher?
Authors use this in their writing to exaggerate an idea.
What is hyperbole?
This is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear together. (Jumbo shrimp; pretty ugly; old news)
What is an oxymoron?
A literary device an author may use to give insight as to what is to come later on in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
"When I walk into the locker room, the utter putridness of dirty socks waft through the air. I can see a few pieces of old clothing strewn around the wet, tiled floor. As I tiptoe my way over to an open locker with my feet barely touching the ground, I can hear the water running and people talking."
This is an example of what type of writing?
What is descriptive writing?
This refers to the way the author presents their writing and the attitude they have about the subject. This is used not only in writing, but conversations as well.
What is tone?
"I wandered lonely as a cloud
that floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."-
William Wordsworth
This poem is an example of what kind of figurative language?
What is personification?
This is a book that provides readers with a comprehensive list or group of words that are synonymous with another word.
What is a thesaurus?