Unit 1 Test Review

Theme-the central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work--- what does the author want to teach us. Parts of the Plot: Exposition-events at the beginning of the story that give the reader background information Rising action-the events that lead up to the climax in the story and develop the conflict. Climax-the turning point of a story. Falling Action-events after the climax of a story up to the resolution. Resolution-the conclusion, wrapping up of threads of a story.

Symbol-something that stands for something else. Tone-writer or speaker’s attitude toward the subject. Sensory details-words or information that appeal to the five senses. Imagery-descriptive or figurative language that creates word pictures. Conflict-a struggle between two forces. External-struggle with an outside force such as another character or nature. Internal-struggle with their own needs, desires, or emotions.

Parts of a personal narrative The incident (what happened) told vividly The response-the feelings and thoughts towards the incident by the person involved. The reflection-the lesson learned, the significance of the experience, how it might affect the author in the future. How to punctuate dialogue Start a new paragraph with every speaker Separate the dialogue from the speech tags with commas Put quotation marks around exactly what’s being said. Capitalize the first word in dialogue Why do we use dialogue in writing? To advance the story To reveal more about the character To present background To create tone To make the story more enjoyable.

Colon To introduce a list Dash To set off or emphasize content Semicolons To join two independent phrases Commas To join two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction After an introductory phrase To separate elements in a series

Verb Tense Keep verb tense consistent in a sentence if the events are happening at the same time. Three basic verb tenses Past-add –d or –ed unless irregular Present Future-use the word will in front of the verb