Vocab 1
True or False
Plot is a series of events that make up the theme
False
Plot is a series of events that comprise a story's main action
Give an example of Visual Imagery
Bright, light green, sparkling, etc
What do we call a drawing that outlines the story
Plot diagram
"A series of events that comprise a story's main action"
What does this define?
Plot
What Soda was created in North Carolina
Cheerwine
Zesty, Spicy, Tart, Sour
What type of imagery is this?
Gustatory
Ding Dong, Buzz, Hiss, Splash
What are these?
Onomatopoeia
Give an example of Tactile Imagery
Give an example of a euphemism
You're fired ---> We have to let you go
I'm sick ---> Feeling under the weather
How many college diplomas does Ms. Melious have?
More than TEN!!!!!
Find the personification
"The story jumped off the page"
Jumped
Combination of contrasting or opposite words
What vocab word is this?
Oxymoron
What is personification
Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object
What is the difference between story and plot?
Story is sequential while plot highlights the most important parts
Who in the building is a "Numismatist"?
And!
What does that mean?
Mr. Yarburogh!
What is Tactile Imagery?
Sense of physical touch
Give TWO examples of a hyperbole
I am so hungry I could eat a horse
The gas station is a million miles away
Give an example of a juxtaposition
Godfather, day and night, love and war, etc
True or False
Alliteration is an implied reference to a person, event, or thing
FALSE
What's Ms. Brown's cats name
COME ON GUYYYSS
Bingley!!! BINGLEYYY!!
What is a juxtaposition?
When the writer places two contrasting concepts, people, or events directly side by side
Name the SIX parts of a plot
- Exposition
- Conflict
- Rising Action
- Climax
- Falling Action
- Resolution
What is a Epistrophe?
Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of sentence
"we the PEOPLE, by the PEOPLE, and for the PEOPLE"
Name the FOUR types of diction
- Formal
- Informal
- Colloquial
- Slang
When is Ms. Renfroe's birthday
HALLOWEEN