Reading
This is the underlying message, lesson, or point to a work of fiction or literature that the author wants to get across to his or her reader.
What is Theme?
When you ___, you are giving credit to the author of another work within your own writing.
What is Cite?
The use of _____ language is when the speaker is dealing only in facts and factual information.
What is Objective?
This kind of clause is a complete sentence and can stand on its on.
What is an Independent Clause?
This is the conclusion reached on the basis of evidence (from the text) and reasoning, where you read between the lines to find the deeper meaning of a text.
What is Inference?
_______ is evidence or information that you take from a text, whether it be for the use of quoting or adding to your own writing.
The use of this type of language uses things such as colloquialism (ex. y'all), contractions (ex. can't), and subjective pronouns (I, you, us, etc.).
What is Informal Language?
This is a verb that ends in an -ing and becomes the subject of the sentence.
What is a Gerund?
This is the use of vivid and specific language in literature that helps the reader visualize the scene.
What is Descriptive Language?
This is a scene within the text that happened earlier in the story, used by the writer to reveal background information.
What is Flashback?
These are typically used to connect clauses or sentences, typically with a comma in front of it. Examples of these are "and, but, so."
What are Conjunctions?
This relatively simple punctuation mark can be used in a variety of ways, and is most used to indicate a small break within the flow of a sentence.
What is a Comma?
The phrase "The cafeteria food is like hot garbage" is this kind of figure of speech.
What is a Simile?
This is a warning or indication of a future event that is going to happen within a story, purposefully used by the writer.
What is Foreshadow?
Within a story, this is the narrator's or reader's position in relation to the story being told.
What is Point of View?
This punctuation mark is used to link two independent clauses together, and can be used with a conjunctive adverb.
What is a Semicolon?
This literary figure of speech is an extreme exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is a Hyperbole?
This type of point of view (or voice) is when the author writes from an outside character's perspective; typically using pronouns "he, she, it, and they."
What is Third Person Voice?
_____ is the element of time within a story, and usually comes in a variety of 3 (Past, Present, and Future)
What is Tense?
This punctuation mark indicates a list or separates a word from its definition.
What is a Colon?