The fictional main character is usually involved with real historical figures and/or caught up in real historical events. The setting is historically accurate. Stories may involve danger, mystery, suspense or romance.
What is Historical Fiction
200
What happens to solve the problem.
What is Falling Action
200
The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE character.
What is 3rd person limited
200
Get your ideas down on paper
What is Drafting
200
The main point that the author is making. What the article is about.
What is Central Idea
300
The main character is usually a detective involved in solving a crime, whether it be blackmail, robbery or murder.
What is Mystery
300
When the conflict reaches its most intense point; the turning point in a story.
What is Climax
300
The narrator speaks directly to the reader and uses the word "you".
What is 2nd person point of view
300
Discover what you want to say.
What is Prewriting
300
Using the question to form a focused topic sentence.
What is Restate the Question
400
An imaginative story where the main character is usually a mythical or strange being on an endless quest.
What is Fantasy
400
How things end in a story.
What is Resolution
400
The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of EVERY character.
What is 3rd person omniscient
400
Make your writing readable.
What is Editing
400
Select appropriate examples from the text to support your answer
What is Cite Evidence
500
An imaginative story that usually takes place in the future and speculates on the possibilities of what the world might be like using information about current technological advances.
What is Science Fiction
500
The beginning of a story when the characters and setting are introduced.
What is Exposition
500
The narrator is a character in the story and uses the words "I" and "me".
What is 1st person point of view
500
Polish the appearance of your writing.
What is Finishing/Publishing
500
Explain how the evidence you gave makes your point.