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Literary Devices
Elements of Plot
Author's Purpose
Story Setting
Characterization
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Choo-choo.... Woof! Bark! "A farm dog answered the train, and the a second dog joined in. They sang out, trains and dogs, for a real long time."
What is an onomatopoeia
100
"Earlier that same year, my family moved from Queens in New York to Cascade Road in Stamford, Connecticut."
What is exposition?
100
Expository writing, focus on a topic.
What type of writing informs the reader?
100
A story's time and place of the action.
What is setting?
100
"Manyara was almost always in a bad temper. She teased her sister whenever their father's back was turned, and she had been heard to say, 'Someday, Nyasha, I will be queen, and you will be a servant in my household.'"
What is cruel, disrespectful, and unfriendly?
200
"And when their voices faded away it was quiet as a dream."
What is a simile?
200
The problem that starts the action of the story.
What is initiating conflict?
200
Writing that is written with the purpose of entertaining the audience.
What is narrative writing?
200
"It's morning, early, barely light, cold for November."
What is the time of the story?
200
"One day, Nyasha noticed a small garden snake resting beneth a yam vine. "Good day, little Nyoka," she called to him. "You are welcome here. You will keep away any creatures who might spoil my vegetables." She bent forward, gave the little snake a loving pat on the head, and then returned to her work."
What is gentle, compassionate, and caring?
300
"The moon made his face into a silver mask."
What is a metaphor?
300
"In first grade, Trisha sat in a circle with the other kids. They were all holding 'Our Neighborhood', their first reader, sounding out letters and words. They said, "Beh, beh...oy, boy, and luh, luh...ook, look." The teacher smiled at them when they put all the sounds together and got a word. But when Trisha looked at a page, all she saw were wiggling shapes, and when she tried to sound out words, the other kids laughed at her. Always when it was her turn to read, her teacher had to help her with every single word. And while the other kids moved up into the second reader and the third reader, she stayed alone in 'Our Neighborhood'. Trisha began to feel "different". She began to feel dumb."
What is the initiating conflict?
300
Opinion writing, the influences the reader's decision.
What is persuasive writing?
300
"Now, as we go into a diner for breakfast..."
What is place?
300
"That night, when everyone was asleep, Manyara stole quietly out of the village. She had never been in the forest at night before, and she was frightened, but her greed to be the first to appear before the king drove her on."
What are impatiences, eagerness, greediness, dishonesty, and determination?
400
"In the gentle rain the thirsty daisy opened its mouth and drank."
What is personification?
400
"We cheered as loudly as we could, and we skated circles around Dad as he walked back onto solid ground. All I could think was: My dad is the bravest man alive."
What is a resolution?
400
Informing the audience- Topic: Quidditch Main Idea #1: Rules Main Idea #2: History Main Idea#3: equipment
What is expository writing?
400
"I run about the top of the hill and then down, through the frozen grass, blowing the crow call over and over. The crows call back at me, and from all the tress they rise, from all the hills... I can see my father sitting on a rock, and I can see he is smiling."
What is place?
400
"Nyasha ran ahead and topped the rise before the others could catch up with her. She stood transfixed at her fist sight of the city. 'Oh, my father,' she called. ' A great spirit must stand guard here! Just look at what lies before us. I never in my life dreamed there could be anything so beautiful!'"
What is wise, affectionate, and appreciative?
500
"His shoe was the size of Texas."
What is a hyperbole?
500
The most exciting event in the story and the point at which the main character makes a decision that solves the conflict.
What is the climax of a story?
500
"Don't go away", I pleaded with the moon as I stumbled over the gnarly roots along the shadowy tree lined path at the witching hour.
What is an entertaining beginning?
500
"We eat quickly, watching the sun rise across the Pennsylvania farmlands... We laugh again, driving out into the gray-green hills of the early morning."
What is the setting of the story?
500
"'But, my father,' Manyara said sweetly, 'It would be painful for either of us to leave you, even to be wife to the king. I know Nyasha would grieve to death if she parted from you. I am strong. Send me to the city, and let poor Nyasha by happy here with you.'"
What is manipulative?