Skills Review

What is theme?

• The author's point of view
• The moral of the story or the lesson learned
• Where the story takes place
• The Climax in any story

A theme is usually...

• A phrase or group of words
• Only one word
• The title of the story
• Stated at the end of the story

When writing a multi-paragraph essay how does the reader know when you are transitioning?

• Number the paragraphs
• Skip a few lines
• Put a large space between words
• Indent

When planning an essay, you should...

• Do nothing, just start writing. It'll come to you naturally.
• Develop a plan, like a T-Chart

Everything AFTER this "magic" word in a writing prompt tells you what you are expected to do.

• Abracadabra
• Kalamazoo 
• Essay
• Word

When writing a precise question there should be only...

• answers that start with the letter "P"
• one possible answer

Which of these conjunctions are preceded by a comma

• because
• but 
• so
• both but and so are preceded by a comma

When determining the theme ask yourself 

• What is the setting?
• Who is the author?
• What is the conflict?
• What's for lunch?

Almost all plots follow this basic sequence. Which of these is the correct sequence?

• rising action, falling action, climax, exposition, resolution
• exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
• resolution, rising action, climax, falling action, exposition
• exposition, rising action, resolution, falling action, climax

The sequence of events in a story that together create action and build drama is called the: 

• Rising Action
• Climax
• Plot
• Theme