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The winds dispersed, the rain slackened to a drizzle and a mist, the clouds fell apart, and the sun shone through.

After the winds dispersed and the rain slackened to a drizzle and a mist, the clouds fell apart, and the sun shone through.

The winds dispersed, and the rain slackened to a drizzle. The clouds fell apart and sun shone through.

After, I got home from school, I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.

After I got home from school, I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.

After I got home from school I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.

The girl was little as she pressed her nose against the icy window, and giggled with delight because she had never seen snow before.

The little girl pressed her nose against the icy window and giggled with delight because she had never seen snow before.

Because the little girl pressed her nose against the icy window, she giggled with delight at the never-before seen snow.

Because, the little girl pressed her nose against the icy window, she giggled with delight at the never-before seen snow.

Evidence to support a position

An explanation of how evidence supports a position

The main argument, position or assertion that a writer is making

Logical reason for rejecting a position

Use words like "you" and give directions or instructions

Use words like "she", "her" or "their"

Reveal more than one person's thoughts or feelings

Use the words "I" "me" "our' or "us

third person point of view

5th person point of view

romantic drama

first person point of view

Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.

Language that has meaning beyond the literal meaning; also known as “figures of speech.”

Writing that comments humorously on human flaws, ideas, social customs, or institutions in order to change them.

Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

Perspective from which the story is told

A made-up story that is based on a real time and place in history, so fact is mixed with fiction.

A feeling of excitement, curiosity, or expectation about what will happen

Person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself

narrator is a character in the story; uses “I,” “we,” etc.

narrator outside the story; uses “he,” “she,” “they”

narrator tells only what one character perceives, uses "I"

narrator can see into the minds of all characters.

The high point / turning point in the action of a story

A problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story. There are four basic conflicts

The place and the time frame in which a story takes place.

The distinctive way that a writer uses language

The main character in a story, often a good or heroic type.

The part of the story in which the problems are solved and the action comes to a satisfying end.

A problem between a character and some element of nature

The message about life or human nature that is “the focus” in the story that the writer tells

The high point in the action of a story.

Everything that happens in a story.

The person or force that works against the main character of the story.

One of the people (or animals) in a story.

A problem between characters.

A problem between a character and society, school, the law, or some tradition.

The part of the story in which the problems are solved and the action comes to a satisfying end.

A problem within a character’s own mind.

The part of the story in which the problems are solved and the action comes to a satisfying end.

The central part of the story during which various problems arise after a conflict is introduced.

The place and the time frame in which a story takes place.

The message about life or human nature that is “the focus” in the story that the writer tells

The action and dialogue following the climax that lead the reader into the story’s end.

The feeling a piece of literature is intended to create in a reader

The part of the story, usually near the beginning, in which the characters are introduced, the background is explained, and the setting is described.

A complete piece of writing, as a report or essay, that is part of a newspaper, magazine, or book.

A literary work that uses the familiar spoken form of language, sentence after sentence

Person Against Person: A problem between characters.

The distinctive way that a writer uses language

The message about life or human nature that is “the focus” in the story that the writer tells

human qualities attributed to an animal, object, or idea, e.g. “The wind exhaled.”

comparison of two things essentially different but with some commonalities; does not use “like” or “as,” e.g. “Her smile was ice.

comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as,” e.g. “Her smile was as cold as ice.”

a purposeful exaggeration for emphasis or humor.

a purposeful exaggeration for emphasis or humor

comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as,” e.g. “Her smile was as cold as ice.”

comparison of two things essentially different but with some commonalities; does not use “like” or “as,” e.g. “Her smile was ice.”

human qualities attributed to an animal, object, or idea, e.g. “The wind exhaled.”

a purposeful exaggeration for emphasis or humor.

The use of words that imitate sounds. Examples would be hiss, buzz, swish, and crunch

Interruption of the chronological (time) order to present something that occurred before the beginning of the story.

Important hints that an author drops to prepare the reader for what is to come, and help the reader anticipate the outcome.

a purposeful exaggeration for emphasis or humor.

comparison of two things essentially different but with some commonalities; does not use “like” or “as,” e.g. “Her smile was ice.”

human qualities attributed to an object, or idea, e.g. “The wind exhaled.”

comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as,” e.g. “Her smile was as cold as ice.”