1st Semester Review

What is not a component of an SAR?

What are the components of a good introductory paragraph?

How the writer feels about his subject that comes through based upon their diction.

A writer's vivid description that help readers visualize...

How the reader feels about the story is...

Usually the most exciting part of the story; all the main conflict comes together.

When authors give human traits to animals and/or inanimate objects it is...

What do you do when you don't know the meaning of a word or words?

A concrete or physical object that represents an abstract concept.

Damsel in distress, hero, villain, underdog, and temptress are examples of...

What is the essay genre this year?

The rumbling waterfall was crystal clear; the mist glistened with every color of the rainbow.

A body paragraph for STAAR can include all of the following except...

What is the best strategy to use for an Short Analytic Response?

Who tells the story in either first, second, or third person point of view.

A literary device where an author ridicules specific people, groups, or some aspect of society.

Time is money.

An essays conclusion should include the following

"New York, New York at the turn of the century." gives the reader what...

Define Diction

A literary device that shows reader specific events prior to current action of story.