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What is another word for the “beginning” of the plot structure?

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expostition

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What is the FIRST step in the writing process?

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Prewriting

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What is the term for when a teacher assigns you a topic for your essay?

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Prompt

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Who designed the Plot Structure?

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Freytag

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What is the term for the reason you write an essay?

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Purpose for writing

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What is the term for when the story begins to wind down?

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Falling action

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What is the step in which “you look for any MISTAKES you have made?

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proofreading

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What is a collection of sentences about the same topic?

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paragraph

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What is the step in which “you make any changes in wording or structure”?

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Revising

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In a Tell-Tale Heart - - How did the man feel when he saw the eye?

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angry

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What is good to use when writing about events in history or steps in a process?

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Chronological Outline

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In a Tell-Tale Heart – What did the old man have an eye of?

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a vulture

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What is a plan for writing called?

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Outline

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In a Tell-Tale Heart - - How did the storyteller feel in the beginning of the story?

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Nervous

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What is the term for the high point of the story?

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climax

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What person was the story a Tell-Tale Heart told in?

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1st person

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At what point in the story is the characters and setting established?

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exposition

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What is the term for the series of events in a story?

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plot

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when Edgar Allan Poe born?

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January 19, 1809

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In what part of the story is the MAIN character in crisis?

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The rising action

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What is the following an example of:

“suddenly there came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at the chamber door . . .”

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onomatopoeia

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What is the following an example of:

“While I nodded, nearly napping . . . “

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alliteration

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In what part of the story is the main character aware a conflict has arisen and takes some kind of step to battle the crisis?

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rising action

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In what part of the story does a crisis resolution happen?

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falling action

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What is the turning point in a story that may be either physical or emotional?
climax
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What is the following an an example of: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary . . "
rhyme
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Who did Poe live with?
John and Frances
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How old was Pie when he was orphaned?
2 years old
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where does the Storyteller in aTell-Tale Heart sit with the police so they can rest their fatigues?
in the old man's kitchen
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In the story A Tell-Tale Heart - - Where does the storyteller tell the police that the old man has gone?
absent in the country
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In the story A Tell-Tale Heart, how many nights does it take the storyteller to kill the old man?
8 nights
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Did Poe like his guardians?
no - - he refused to take their name
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Did Poe's guardians formally adopt him?
NO
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What relation was Poe's wife - - he married his ??????
cousin
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What was the name of Poe's wife?
Virginia
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What was the Tell-Tale Heart?
The man's beating heart
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What is the term for diagrams or drawings which help organize a writer's ideas?
Graphic organizer
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What is the term for an essay whose purpose is to convince people to agree with the writer about a specific issue?
persuasive essay
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What is the term for the formation of the word from a sound associated with what is named? BANG - - BAM - - CREAK - - WHOOSH
Onomatopoeia
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What is the term for a graphic organizer that show the relationship between two events or conditions when one makes the other happen?
Cause and effect
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What is the term for the graphic organizer that identifies who, what, where, when, why?
5 W's chart
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What part of speech is a person, place or thing?
noun
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What part of speech is a word used in Place of one or more nouns?
pronoun
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What is the term for a graphic organizer that lists events in the order they occurred?
sequence
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What is the term for an essay who purpose is to present information to the reader?
informative essay
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What is the term for a graphic organizer that lists the details of the sights, tastes, smells, touches and sounds of a topic?
sensory chart
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What is the term for the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely related words? Peter Picked Plenty of Pickles
Alliteration
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What is the part of speech that modifies a noun or pronoun - it answers the questions: What kind? Which one(s)? How many? How much?
Adjective
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What is the term for an essay that tells a story?
Narrative
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What is the part of speech that tells an action a subject is performing, has performed, or will perform?
Verb
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What is the term for the first step in the writing process in which you prepare to write by talking, thinking, and reading about possible writing topics?
Prewriting
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What is the term for the graphic organizer often used to compare the likeness and differences of two or more subjects?
Venn diagrams
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What is the term for a way of coming up with ideas by recording your words or thoughts?
brainstorming
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What is the term for the correspondence of sound between words, or the ending words. Roses are red, Violets are BLUE Sugar is sweet and so are YOU.
rhyme
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What should all descriptive essays contain?
A GREAT DEAL OF DETAILS
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What is your job - - when your write a descriptive essay?
To set a scene - - draw a picture
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Be able to give examples of collective nouns. Things with more than 3 things in a group
``` Grandchildren Class Flock Family Herd Jury Fleet Club ```
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Be able draw an example of a graphic organizer.
The spider - - Venn diagram
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In MLA format - - what are the 4 items that SHOULD be listed at the top of a written paper?
Name Class Teacher Date
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In MLA format - - what should the margin setting be?
1 inch on each side
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In MLA format - - What is the correct in text citations?
After a quote - but before the period (authors name and page_
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What are a header and footer?
Header - - author's name | Footer - -
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Where and what is a thesis statement?
It is found in the 1st paragraph A Thesis sentence states what you want your readers to know, believe, or understand after reading your essay
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Be able to give example of interjections
Eek! Ouch! Wow!!! Darn!!! Oops!! Hurray!! Hey!
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Be able to give examples of conjunctions.
AND - BUT - OR - NOR - YET - FOR - SO

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