ELA pd. 8

Falling action

• The climax of a story
• The introduction of characters
• Where the action of a story slows down

• The background information about the characters and setting

____ is writing that creates a picture in the reader's mind.

Select the correct example of alliteration.

• Peter piper picked a pepper

• Life is a highway

• The lightning danced across the sky

___is the author's attitude towards their subject.

Where can you find the Climax in a text?

• Beginning of the story where the conflict is introduced.

• Where the conflict of a story comes to an end.

• Where the action of the story slows down.

• The moment of highest emotional intensity (usually near the end).

An ___ is an indirect reference in a text. The reference can be an event, a person, or a thing.

Example: Don't be a scrooge!

Select the definition of dramatic irony:

• When you say the opposite of what you mean

• When something unexpected happens

• When the reader knows something the character does not

Example of third person limited

• He was sad and embarrassed that he broke the window. He knew his mother was upset by the look on her face.

• I broke the window and am scared of what mom will say to me.

• Sam crumbled at the thought of what his mother would think of the broken window. When she found out, she was shocked but was understanding.

Where and when a story takes place:

A metaphor compares two things without using the words "like" or "as".

• True

• False