Genre | Plot | Summarizing | Descriptive Language | Conflict |
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Short story
What genre do we usually write in during class?
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The Climax
What is the middle of the story called?
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Accurate
Make sure your summary is_____.
Accurate, redundant or separated |
A figure of speech that compares two or more objects using the words like or as
What is the definition of a simile?
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What is conflict?
The fight between two parties.
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Realistic fiction
What is the genre of most of our reading comprehension homework?
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The falling action is when the climax is taken care of and all loose ends of the plot are tied up
What is the falling action?
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A quote from the passage, story or book
What is a cite?
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She's a graceful swan
Give an example of a metaphor
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Give an example of a conflict.
Happy vs sad
Strong vs weak. Good vs evil Stanley vs curse/ Camp Green Lake |
Nonfiction
Is a letter fiction or nonfiction?
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The reader meets the setting, the characters and the conflict.
What happens in an exposition?
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Unauthorized use of the author's words
What is plagiarism?
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Is an idiom literal?
No
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Protagonist - the main character who faces the conflict
Antagonist - is who or what the protagonist is struggling against
What is the Protagonist and Antagonist?
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A drama is a play that is meant to be performed for an audience.
It includes: Dialouge Stage Directions It tells a story and the actors are given a certain way to look, act and talk
What is the definition of a drama?
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It is an opinion
The rising action is the best part of the story. Is that a fact or an opinion?
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Be redundant
What should you not do when summarizing?
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What is personification?
Giving animals or objects human qualities or characteristics
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No
Is the Warden the protagonist in Holes?
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Tall tales, fables, fairy tales and myths
What 4 genres are considered folk tales?
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Exposition - sets the scene Rising Action - excitement starts to build up Climax - the turning point of a story Falling Action - where the story starts to slow down Resolution - the end of the story
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Draw a plot diagram and give a sentence of each part of the story (it can be a fragment) |
They shorten the main ideas of a text and make them concise
What do summaries do?
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What form of descriptive language does not use the words like or as?
A metahpor
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Stanley
Who is the protagonist in Holes?
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