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Reading where you would find many examples of the authors opinion usually supported w facts
Research
Type of writing where you would find the author using propaganda techniques
Persuasive
Charts, graphs, glossaries, tables of content, pictures, and captions
Informational
Recipes, directions, information essential to completing a task
Practical/workplace
Collective nouns
A group of people or things
Pronoun
Speech substitutes for nouns
Proper noun
Specific person, place, or noun
Compound noun
A noun made up of more than one word
Antecedent
The noun that the pronoun renames
Abstract noun
No physical properties
Preposition
Related nouns to another part of the sentence
Conjunction
Connects words, phrases, clauses
Relative pronoun
Introduces a sentence (who, whom, that, which, where, whose, when)
Infer
An educated guess
Basing your prediction
What has happened, how the character behaves, how people behave in reality
Helping verbs
Is, was, have, has, be able to
Direct characterization
Author tells us what the character is like
Indirect characterization
When we read to learn what character is like
Irony
Opposite of what we think will happen
Allegory
Story, poem, or picture with a hidden meaning (symbol)
Protagonist
The main character
Antagonist
Obstacle or persons who work against the main character
Wrote Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare
Situational irony
A contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
Biography
A persons life story written by someone else
Autobiography
A person writes their own story
Nonfiction
True story
Personal pronouns
He, she, it, us, we, I, you
Reflexive pronouns
Himself, herself, itself
Adverb
Describes verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
Comma splice
A comma where there should be a period
Concrete
Something has physical properties and exists
Tone is writing
Authors attitude about the topic
Falling action of a short story reveals…
The conflict revealed
Time and place
Elements contribute to setting of story
Rising action
When characters are developed
Opinion
No facts support it
Simile
Compared two unlike things using like or as
Personification
Giving animals human qualities
When using apostrophe in writing
Possession, indicate letters have been omitted
Metaphor
Compares two unlike things without like or as
Sequential order
Writing that has steps; a sequence like a recipe
KWL is most beneficial… (*)
Informational (*chart)
Steps of writing process
Rewrite, rough draft, revise, edit, publish
Purpose of web
Expand our idea or topic and focus our topic
Revise
Stage of w.p where we look at paragraph and sentence structure
Edit
Stage of w.p where we look at spelling and punctuation errors
Prediction
Make a guess about what is going to happen next BASED on what we already read
Outline
Type of organization method that is most useful for putting our ideas in order before drafting
Publish
Stage of w.p where writing is supposed to be at it’s best
Reasonable argument
An opinion that is supported by strong evidence
Pre reading strategies
Look at cover, read title, pictures, table of contents
Topic selection, brainstorm, research, organize
Four things that make up the pre-writing process
Static
Character remains the same throughout story
Atmosphere
Mood created by the author through word and imagery
Jargon
Language specific to an occupation
Appositve
A word or phrase renames a nouns (set off w commas)
Foreshadow
Author hints of thing that will happen later in the story
Exposition of story we are introduced to
The main character and conflict
round
Character that has several qualities
Climax
Most exciting part of story
Suspense
Feeling created by the author that keeps the reader interested and wondering what will happen next
Symbol
Represents something else
Dialogue
A written conversation between two or more characters
Dialect
Language that is specific to a particular group of people, usually based on geographical regions
Dynamic
Character changes throughout story
External conflict
A conflict between a character and another character
Plot
Name for story line or action of story
Flashback
A literary device used to go into past to reveal important information
Pun
Word with multiple meanings; creates comic effect
Allusion
Applied or indirect reference to a noun or text
Flat
Character that exhibits only one personality trait
Conflict in story
Problem characters must overcome
Point of view
Vantage point form which the story is told
Alliteration
Same letter at beginning of multiple words in a row
Internal conflict
man vs. self
Literary text
Writing with purpose
Edgar Allen Poe
Master of short story
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