3rd six weeks
by: Courtney Jones
Topic sentence
The sentence in an expository paragraph which summarizes the main idea of that paragraph.
Graphic organizer
is a visual display that demonstrates relationships between facts, concepts or ideas.
Descriptive language
Uses images that appeal to the reader's senses, helping the reader to imagine how a subject looks, sounds, smells, taste, or feels.
Narrative
A spoken or written account of connected events ; a story
Sensory language
that connects to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to create an image description.
Rough draft
is the stage of essay writing that occurs between outlining and essay editing
Edit
prepare (written material) for publication by correcting, condensing.
Brainstorming
produce an idea or way of solving a problem by holding a spontaneous group discussion.
Conclusion
the end of an event or process
resolution
how the conflicts are solved and how it ends.
Falling action
as the part of a story after the climax and before the very end.
Climax
the most intense, exciting, or important point of something ; a culmination or apex.
Rising action.
in a plot is a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest and tension in a narrative.
Setting
where an event takes place
Plot development
is a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a story
Main point
is important information that tells more about the overall idea of a paragraph or section of a text.
Body paragraph
supporting sentences that discuss the idea or ideas in the topic sentences using and/or evidence to support that discussion and a concluding sentence that emphasizes the importance of the supporting