Plot Diagram & More
KEY TERMS
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
MISCELLANEOUS
FUN FACTS
100

The moment of highest drama and tension in a narrative, in which the main conflict is confronted fully.

What is climax?

100

I describe how things feel, taste, smell, sound and look like. What am I?

What is sensory language?

100

A type of speech or writing that breaks away from the literal meaning in order to create a special effect or meaning.

What is figurative language?

100

The thing that needs to be neat and legible so the reader can read it?

What is handwriting?

100

Ms. Bowden's daughter is ____ years old.

What is 8?

200

The first part of a story arc where the setting is established and characters are introduced.

What is the exposition?

200

The time and place where the events of a story take place.

What is setting?

200

A comparison that is made between two unrelated things using the words "like" or "as."

What is simile?

200

What you do to the first word of every paragraph.

What is indent?

200
Name all of the teacher's on 7B.

What is Ms. Bowden, Ms. Durham, Mr. Hollie and Ms. Williams?

300

The central struggle or tension within a narrative that shapes the plot and drives the action forward.

What is conflict?

300

Go back in time to explain an event or feeling.

What is flashback?

300

A comparison that is made between two unrelated things that does not use the words "like" or "as."

What is a metaphor?

300

Why people go to movies and why narratives are written?

What is entertainment?

300

The first day of school was_____.

What is August 1st?

400

The angle or perspective from which a story is told.

What is point-of-view?

400

Hints to future eve.

What is foreshadowing?

400

A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object. (Example: "The wind whispered through the window.")

What is personification?

400

The purpose of a narrative is __________?

What is to tell a story?

400

What street is Adamson Middle School on?

What is Rex Rd.?

500

A main idea or message that is presented by the author in various ways throughout a narrative.

What is theme?

500

I do the following:

  • show how ideas, sentences, and paragraphs are connected.

  • communicate the organization of your  writing

  • are stepping stones that help the reader get from one idea to the next.

What am I?


What are transitions?

500

An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is literally true.

What is hyperbole?

500

The two types of a narrative are _______.

What is fictional and personal (true) narrative?

500

Name Adamson Middle School's administrators.

What is Mr. Courtland, Ms. Powell and Ms. Roberts?