Keystone vocab list practice 1

What is Diction?

• Any story that is the product of imagination rather than a documentation of fact

• The part of a story where the plot becomes increasingly complicated. Rising action leads up to the climax or turning point. 

• An author’s choice of words, phrases, sentence structures and figurative language, which combine to help create meaning and tone.

• Traits that mark a work as imaginative or narrative discourse

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

What is diction?

• Author's attitude about a subject

• Author's random choice of words

• Author's intentional choice of words

• Author's sophisticated choice of words

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is conflict?

• Two characters getting along.
• A struggle between two opposing forces, or emotions

• The climax in a story.
• Part of the resolution.

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the definition of an "internal" conflict?

• A hero in a story that saves many lives.
• A problem that a character has with other characters.
• A struggle between a character and a family member.
• A struggle that a character faces within him/her self.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

What is the definition of an "external" conflict?

• A struggle between a character and an outside force.
• A problem within the story.
• A struggle that a character has within him/her self.
• A problem caused by the protagonist.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

What is the definition of theme?

• topic/subject + message = theme

• topic of the story

• life lesson, meaning, moral, or meaning about life or human nature communicated by a literary work

• the reason why an authors writes

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

What is the theme of this story?  

• Eat your vegetables.
• Don't brag. Be modest. 
• Don't talk to strangers. 
• What does the fox say?

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

What is the theme of this story? 

• Necessity is the mother of invention.
• Don't steal.
• Respect your elders.
• Slow and steady wins the race.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

The process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another. To examine closely and carefully and point out the important information, details, and their relationships to one another

• Summarize

• Analysis /Analyze

• genre

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

Analyzing the question

You need to use question analysis for assignments, exam essays, and short answer questions. If you learn the steps for question analysis and take 10-15 minutes to think through the question in this systematic way, then you will have a good start to writing a successful essay—

What should you do when responding to an Analyzing question?

• think through the question, use RACE to restate, answer, cite, and explain all parts of the question

• think through the question, restate the question and answer it

• think through the question and just rewrite what the question said in statement form

• think through the question and answer it

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.8.6