Theme
The message the author is trying to convey/wants the reader to understand
What is theme?
Cooper
Determination
The author of a play.
What is a playwright?
Sentences in a paragraph
What is 5-7?
Description, chronological, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solution are all examples of
What is text structure?
The thoughts and actions of a character within a text.
What is characterization?
We be doing our work but the music downstars was distrakting us.
We were doing our work, but the music downstairs was distracting us.
Subtle hints, warnings, or clues that suggest future plot developments.
Essay in which the author is trying to get the reader to do something.
What is a persuasive essay?
A a method of organizing writing that explores the similarities and differences between two or more subjects
What is compare and contrast?
How does conflict connect to theme?
How the conflict gets resolved points to what the reader should learn from the story. (i.e. Thank You Ma'am)
Cooper 2
Loneliness
The introduction of the setting, characters, and initial conflict.
What is the exposition?
Paragraph right before the conclusion in an argumentative essay.
What is a counterargument?
Why a text was written
What is author's purpose?
The way the author feels/comes across via their text.
What is mood?
Me and my mom was going to the store when a deer run across the road. We both screaming.
My mom and I were going to the store when a deer ran across the road. We both screamed.
Two or more equally weighted storylines running at the same time within a single narrative
What is parallel plot structure?
Step before publishing
What is editing?
Information that is clearly stated, and leaves no room for ambiguity
What is explicit meaning?
How does characterization connect to theme?
Characterization helps to show the reader what possible themes are present in a text based on how a character changes throughout the story.
Cooper 3
Ambiguity
When a character speaks innermost thoughts, feelings, and plans aloud while alone on stage
What is a soliloquy?
Where do you place an in-text citation?
Right before the punctuation at the end of the sentence.
Diction
What is word choice?