The first element of PLOT? Explain.
What is the Exposition
The essential background information of the characters and setting of the story.
The main character in a story that solves the conflict.
What is a Protagonist?
Contains one subject and one predicate
What is a simple sentence?
What question words would you refer to when writing?
What is Who, what, when, where, how and why
Reading what the author writes and restating it in your own words.
What is Paraphrasing?
A character we know a lot about and one we do not.
What is a round character and flat character?
Dynamic Character
What is a character that experiences internal changes throughout the story.
Determine the 8 parts of speech.
What is a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection and pronoun.
First Person Point of View
What is a story that is told by character/narrator in the story. Uses pronouns: I, me, my
3rd person limited
What is the narrator/reader seeing the story in one/two characters view point, uses pronouns: he/she
Apply what you know about characterization and explain the meaning of the word characterization.
The process an author uses to reveal the characters thoughts, actions, looks, effect on others and speech.
Static character
What is a character that does not go through much change but helps push the plot along.
What is a compound sentence?
2nd Person Point of View
What is the narrator of the story talking to the reader, used in instructions and recipes. uses pronouns you and your
3rd person Omnicient
What is narrator/reader seeing the story in multiple characters view point, uses pronoun they, them, their
Falling Action and Resolution
What is the events after the climax that lead to the resolution and the ending that reveals the solution to the problem and wraps everything up.
Series of events building up to the develop the conflict. The turning point in the story.
What is the rising action and the climax?
Complex Sentence
What is...contains 1 dependent clause and 1 independent clause joined by a subordinating conjunction.
What is chicken foot, how to write a thesis?
The importance of providing textual evidence.
What is...it makes your claim stronger and helps prove your point.
What is theme?
Theme
What is the central idea or message that is observed about life or human nature.
Bob went to the store, because he ran out of milk; he came home with more.
What is compound/ complex sentence?
Summary
What is one paragraph, explains key details and the main idea
Cite Text evidence
What is... when you directly state a quote or statement that the author gives using a sentence starter.