Figurative Language
This is the part of the plot that springboards the main conflict of the story and leads to the rise in action.
What is Inciting Incident?
In the novel Tangerine, Paul's struggle with hating himself due to his vision issues shows this type of conflict.
What is Internal Conflict/Character v. Self?
This is the error made in this sentence:
"Because of the storm last night we will not have a baseball game today."
What is the missing comma after "night"?
"After Thanksgiving dinner, the family always looked well-fed and content."
This is what the word "content" means in this sentence above.
a. dismayed b. content c. odd d. responsible
What is content?
This acronym helps you remember the five different purposes for an author to write to their audience.
What is "IPEED"?
"How many Lowe's would a Rob Lowe Rob, if a Rob Lowe could rob Lowe's?"
This tongue twister is an example of this literary device.
What is Alliteration?
Who is Archie?
This is the adjective in the sentence:
"My coach screamed loudly at us for the poor practice that we had after school today."
What is the word "poor"?
"Jake was interested not in ordinary photographs but in curious old pictures of unusual people and places."
This is what curious means in this sentence.
a. ugly b. effective c. odd d. typical
What is odd?
This is the author's purpose for writing a recipe for making meat loaf.
What is to explain?
This is what a person arguing their side of a debate uses to convince their audience by proving their research.
What is/are evidence/facts?
In the Novel Tangerine, the murder of Luis Cruz has this outcome for Erik's character at the resolution of the book.
These two things make up a prepositional phrase.
What is a preposition and an object/object of the preposition?
Adjacent: having the vertex and one side in common.
"In most houses, the kitchen is next to the dining room so that serving meals is easy."
These two words in the sentence are the context clue that defines the meaning of the word adjacent.
What is "next to"?
This is the part of a script that shows what type of lighting needs to be on the stage.
What are Stage Directions?
By having a southern character say words such as "ain't" or "y'all", the author creates a distinct personality through this literary device.
What is Voice?
What is an allusion?
Adverbs are used to modify these three things.
What are Adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs?
Receded: to move backward
"As the waves receded, we chased it down the beach toward the ocean."
This word in the sentence above is the context clue to help the reader figure out that receded means "to move backward."
What is "toward"?
This critical error in an argumentative text can cause your readers to lose all faith in your argument.
What is a Logical Fallacy?
A story told in this P.O.V exhibits a narrator that knows every detail every character in the novel.
What is 3rd Person Omniscient?
In the novel Hidden Figures, this conflict event in Mary Jackson's life was able to be overcome due to her bold, unrelenting personality.
What is getting into an all-white school?
This is what's wrong with this sentence:
"Shows no improvement in your efficiency."
What is it's a fragment/missing the subject?
"It is possible to _____ information from one computer to another."
This word fits properly into the blank of the sentence.
a. confer b. transfer c. differ d. inference
What is Transfer?
In this type of writing you may see familiar settings, themes that everyone can relate to, realistic plots or elements, and believable characters.
What is Realistic Fiction?