Plot
Plot is the events that take place in a story.
Example: Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution / conclusion
Poems are made up of ____________ not sentences
Poems are made up of ______________ not paragraphs
Line and stanzas
Convey is a fancy word for ___________
Show / tell / add to
Selection is a fancy word for _______________
Passage / poem / text / story
What do we call the annotations / main idea notes we write out the side of each paragraph?
True or False: Ms. Davis wants you all to ask for notebook paper to hashtag and use your strategies.
Hashtags- We do them to tell the main idea of the paragraph
TRUE
What is found within the exposition of plot?
Exposition introduces characters and setting
What does exaggeration mean?
To be dramatic and/or hyperbole
An inference is an educated __________ based on the _________
Guess
Text / passage / selection
"most likely" means __________________
Reason why / author's purpose for doing something
*Answers may vary*
1)Thesis is in reading or a story is _________________
2) Thesis in writing is ____________________
1) Main idea / what the author's opinion is
2) Writers main point or topic / What you the writer thinks and how you intend to prove it
What is rising action in plot?
Rising action is the events that take place that lead up to the climax.
Example: Instead of doing my homework I went to a basketball game.
The climax would be I got a bad on grade on my homework and I let myself down.
An extreme exaggeration is called a ____________
Hyperbole
"Summary" means _____________
A paragraph that tells what the story is mostly about, giving a little bit of information from the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
BME strategy
The word "achieve" means __________________
To accomplish or goal
True or False: If there is an online dictionary built into your test you are allowed to use it
True, you can use the dictionary that is built into your test if there is one
You can also still you a hard copy of a dictionary. You just have to ask for it.
What is climax in a story?
Hint: It could be two different things
Climax is the biggest problem in the story OR the most exciting / thrilling part of the story / most action packed
1) Tone is the author's ____________ toward the writing
2) Mood is how the writing / story makes __________ feel
1) Attitude
2) You / the reader
What is the purpose for using transition words in writing?
People use transition words to make their writing come together more smoothly
"Unnecessary" means _________________
Not needed
* answers may vary*
The word revision means ___________
When we see the word "change" in revising and editing type question we should use the strategy _______ and _________
To rewrite or fix a sentence
Plug and chug
What does the word "develop" mean?
Develop means to move along, grow, advance, or elaborate.
*Answers may vary*
"Primary message" means the same thing as _____________
Theme / lesson / moral
What does "limited view point" mean?
The reader only knows what is happening with one person in the story / poem
You don't know a lot about the other characters feelings / actions
"Effective closing" means _________________
A good ending
*Answers may vary*
Why is it important that we do the W (Walk through the questions) in UNWRAP?
It is important to Walkthrough the Questions because we then I have an idea of what we should be looking for in the passage.