What is the series of events that make up a story?
Plot
List the stages that make up a plot.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What is a problem in the story, big or small?
Conflict
Which problem is found in the exposition?
The main problem on which the story was written.
What are the types of conflict?
1. Character vs. Character
2. Character vs, Nature
3. Character vs. Society
4. Character vs. Self
Describe Character vs. Character Conflict
The main character in conflict with another character.
Describe Character vs. Nature Conflict
The main character in conflict with the forces of nature, which serve as the antagonist.
Describe Character vs. Society Conflict
The main character is in conflict with a larger group: a community, society, culture, etc... The character's main struggle is with mainstream beliefs or community values.
Describe Character vs. Self Conflict
The main character is dealing with inner conflict. Often the character is conflicted with self-doubt regarding a moral decision or a decision needed to attain happiness.
What is exposition?
The first part of the plot where characters, setting and basic situations are revealed.
What is Rising Action?
The main part of the story that moves the plot along with complications, twists and turns.
What is Climax?
The turning point of the story that determines the ending.
What is Falling Action?
Events that follow the climax and move the plot toward the resolution.
What is Resolution?
Loose ends of the plot are tied up and remaining questions are answered. The conflict is resolved.
Which POV is:
� Narrator is a character in the story
� Uses first-person pronouns
� Tells story from his or her perspective
� Reader knows only what the narrator knows
First Person Point of View
Which POV is:
� Narrator speaks directly to the reader
� Uses pronoun "you" because narrator is speaking to you, the reader
Second Person Point of View
Which POV is:
� Narrator is outside the story
� Knows everything about all the characters and events
� Uses third-person pronouns
Third Person Omniscient POV
Which POV is:
� Narrator is outside the story
� Knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character
� Uses third-person pronouns
Third Person Limited POV
What is Theme? How can you identify theme?
Theme is an idea about life or human nature that the author is trying to share with the reader.
S- Subject
L- Lesson
I M- Idea or Message
E- Evidence
What is a comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as?
Simile
What is a comparison of 2 unlike things that DOES NOT use like or as?
Metaphor
What is an extreme exaggeration?
Hyperbole
What is an expression that means something other than the literal meaning?
Idiom
What is giving non human things Human characteristics or qualities?
Personification
What is this an example of?
Santa's beard was a white as snow.
Simile
What is this an example of?
Santa's beard is a cream puff of fluff.
Metaphor
What is this an example of?
Santa was so hungry he could eat all eight reindeer in one sitting.
Hyperbole
What is this an example of?
Mrs. Claus told Santa to break a leg as he left the North Pole on Christmas Eve.
Idiom
What is this an example of?
The reindeer laughed and called him names.
Personification
What kind of text describes an event and the events that follow?
Cause and Effect
What kind of text provides detailed information to give the reader a mental picture?
Description
What kind of text details similarities and differences between people, places or objects?
Compare and Contrast
What kind of text details the time order or events or steps in a sequence?
Chronological/Sequencing
What kind of text discusses info about a problem and explains possible solutions?
Problem and Solution
Give some signal words for cause and effect text.
Cause, effect, as a result, due to, reason
Give some signal words for description text.
For example, for instance, many adjectives
Give some signal words for compare and contrast text.
Alike, also both, contrast, difference
Give some signal words for chronological/sequencing text.
First, next, dates, step by step instructions
Give some signal words for problem and solution text.
Problem, solve, issue, since, consequently
What kind of context clue defines the word directly and clearly in the sentence in which it appears?
Definition**
What kind of context clue uses contrast - often signaled by the words whereas, unlike, opposed to?
Antonym
What kind of context clue uses restatement- other words used in the sentence with similar meanings?
Synonym
What kind of context clue uses examples to help you understand the word?
Example**
What kind of context clue uses inference from the text?
Inference
What kind of context clue uses the cause for or result of an unknown word to explain the meaning?
Cause and Effect
Give a positive and negative connotation for watched.
gazed / spied
Give a positive and negative connotation for commented.
complemented / wisecracked
Give a positive and negative connotation for walked.
strolled / trudged
Give a positive and negative connotation for old.
Elderly / ancient
Give a positive and negative connotation for thin.
slender / gaunt