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Writing
Setting and Character
Plot
Theme
Narrator & Voice
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What is a "Thesis statement"?
A thesis statement declares what you believe and what you intend to prove. Basically, a thesis statement tells what you will be writing on in your paper.
100
What is the setting of a story?
The SETTING of a story is the place and time when a story takes place.
100
What is Foreshadowing?
The word used to describe the hints or clues the author gives to the reader about events in the story.
100
What is "Theme"?
A theme is a broad idea, message, or moral of a story. The message may be about life, society, or human nature. Themes often explore timeless and universal.
100
What is first person?
When characters speak directly to the reader and use the word, "I".
200
What does a "hook" do?
What is something that grabs a reader and reels him in.
200
What is "mood" in a story?
The mood affects how a reader feels when reading the story.
200
What is Flashback?
When the author interrupts the story to present an episode from the past.
200
What are the three types of "Universal Themes"?
Universal Themes deal with basic human concerns such as good vs evil, life vs death, love vs loss
200
What is third person?
When a narrator refers to characters as "he" or "she".
300
What does a conclusion do?
A conclusion provides a thoughtful end to a piece of writing.
300
What is Direct Characterization?
Direct Characterization is when the narrator TELLS the reader DIRECTLY what a particular character is like. "He was a large man."
300
What is Chronological order?
When events in a story follow the order in which they happened.
300
Name one possible theme in The Odyssey
Answers may vary
300
What is the "omniscient" point of view?
"Omniscient" means "all-knowing." An omniscient author--one who takes an omniscient point of view--can see and report everything.
400
What are possible ways to do a hook? Name at least three ways.
A quote, question, Fact, metaphor, onomatopoeia
400
What is Indirect Characterization?
Indirect characterization – "Shows" It's when an author reveals a character's personality through his or her actions or dialogue; “Dena felt so sad when she saw the hurt little dog."
400
What is Resolution?
The final part of the story.
400
Name a possible theme in "The Most Dangerous Game".
Answers may vary.
400
What is the "tone" of a story?
Tone is the author's attitude toward a subject.
500
What does the "body" of an essay include?
The body of your essay will support your thesis. Each main idea that you wrote down in your diagram or outline will become one of the body paragraphs. If you had three or four main ideas, you will have three or four body paragraphs.
500
What's the difference between "Antagonist" and "Protagonist" ?
Protagonist is the leading character of a drama or literary work.(good guy) The antagonist is the person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with the protagonist. This meaning that the protagonist could be against a person, nature, or himself/herself.(bad guy)
500
What is the exposition of a story?
it's another word for the basic situation. The beginning, it introduces the characters, the setting, and the conflict
500
Themes are found in all types of----------------. Fiction, non fiction, essays ans poetry.
Literature or Genre
500
What is a tone for The Odyssey?
Possible Answers: Anger, desperation, sadness