Point of View
When the pronouns are "I", "Me", "Myself" it is a _________ person perspective.
What is a 1st person?
He's as lazy as a potato.
What is a simile?
This is the main point or message that an author wants to convey in a text.
What is central idea/main idea?
True or False: A plot needs both a conflict AND a resolution.
What is true?
The root word '-Spec-' means...
What is to look/see?
When the pronouns are "He","She", "Them" it is a _______ person perspective.
What is 3rd person perspective?
She has a heart of gold.
What is a metaphor?
This is the lesson, moral, or message an author wants the reader to learn from reading the story.
What is theme?
A problem that involves a character and an outside force, such as another character, nature, and so on. (Identify the conflict).
What is an external conflict?
The prefix word 'Mal-' means...
What is evil/bad?
An autobiography is in this perspective always.
What is 1st person perspective?
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Simile: Comparing things with "like" or "as"
Metaphor: Comparing things as a statement.
A conclusion readers come to after analyzing textual details to make an educated reflection.
What is an inference?
When the character struggles with their own mind - their weaknesses or fears.
(Identify the conflict.)
What is an internal conflict?
The prefix word 'Con-' means....
What is "together", "with", and/or "jointly"?
Explain the difference between 3rd person limited and 3rd person omniscient.
Answers will vary.
Limited: We only know the main character's emotions, thoughts, and motivations.
Omniscient: We know ALL the characters' emotions, thoughts, and motivations.
The fly danced in the wind.
What is personification?
This part of the story (plot) often reveals the theme through the resolution of conflict.
What is the climax or conclusion(end)?
The part of the plot in which the conflict is resolved, or brought to an end.
What is resolution?
List three words with 'Mal-' as the prefix.
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When the pronouns are "you", "yourself" it is a ______ person perspective.
What is a 2nd person perspective?
What part(s) of this sentence shows figurative language?
"Down through the mountain valley the breeze wanders, and I stand and watch like a child, wondering at all it will see and touch on its way."
What is "And I stand and watch like a child"?
What is "the breeze wanders"
Extra points if you identified it as a simile and personification. OR got BOTH.
What is the theme of "The Boy Nobody Knew"?
Anything to do with 'accepting others differences'.
What are the five plot points on the mountain? (Write in order)
- Exposition
- Rising Action
- Climax
- Falling Action
- Resolution
List five words with 'Spec-' as the root.
Answers will vary.