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Semester Exam
plot, parts of speech, elements of writing a narrative
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Language - English
7th Grade
12/02/2010

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Exposition
Definition
the beginning of the story that includes setting, characters and climate
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Conflict
Definition
the main problem
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Rising Action
Definition
the series of events leading to the climax
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Climax
Definition
the turning point
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Falling Action
Definition
the action that happens after the climax
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Resolution
Definition
the conclusion
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Human vs. Human
Definition
two students arguing
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Human vs. Himself/Herself
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a student upset with himself/herself for not passing a test
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Human vs. Nature
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a family that battles a tornado
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Human vs. Technology
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a student who struggles to print a document
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Human vs. Society
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a person who doesn’t vote
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Prewrite
Definition
getting ideas for your paper & organizing ideas BEFORE you write
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Rough draft
Definition
writing your ideas & worrying about making improvements later
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Revision
Definition
making improvements to your writing to make it more clear or interesting
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Editing
Definition
correcting spelling, punctuation, capitalization, & usage
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Final draft
Definition
writing your best draft with as few errors as possible
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Adding details question 1
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What did you do?
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Adding details question 2
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What were those around you doing?
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Adding details question 3
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What were you thinking?
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Adding details question 4
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How did you feel?
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Adding details question 5
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What did you see, smell, taste, hear, touch?
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Introduction - grabber
Definition
gets the reader’s attention
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Introduction - background
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gives extra information about the grabber
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Introduction - hint
Definition
gives a clue about how the story will end
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Conclusion - end of story
Definition
tells what happens after last event
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Conclusion - significance
Definition
explains the reason the story is important
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Conclusion - prompt tie-in
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explains the way the story relates to the prompt
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Noun
Definition
a word that names a person, place, thing or idea (school, principal, Mrs. Jones)
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Pronoun
Definition
a word that takes the place of a noun (I, you, he, she, it, we, us, them)
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Verb
Definition
an action or being word (action: jump, run, laugh; being: am, is, was, could)
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Adjective
Definition
a word that describes a noun or pronoun (pretty, ugly, green, yellow, large, small)
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Adverb
Definition
a word that describes a verb, adjective or adverb (very, beautifully, carefully, slowly, quickly)
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