READING AND WRITING Flashcards
focuses on telling a fictional story – one that is made up – or a real-life story where the
author follows a plot structure.
NARRATIVE WRITING
Elements of a Story (5)
SETTING, THEME, MOOD, CHARACTERS, PLOT
the when and where the story happens.
SETTING
the subject talk or the basic idea of the story
THEME
the tone of the piece of literature it signifies the emotion/feelings of the narrator or speaker.
MOOD
the most important element of a story. It is the sequence of events. It includes a climax or turning point at which the characters or events change
PLOT
sets up the action in the introduction
THESIS
connect events and guide the reader to follow the story
TRANSITION SENTENCES
ends the story action and provides a moral, prediction, or revelation
CONCLUSION
s a paragraph that will start your story. It establishes the narrator’s tone, mood, voice,
and point of view; it introduces or alludes the conflict you plan on addressing in your story.
INTRODUCTION
expresses the main idea of the essay and states the structure of the information
THESIS
Contains most of the supporting information which is the plot. The sequence
in the plot can be arranged in numerous ways.
BODY
a brief statement of the main point; it doesn’t mean that you have to rewrite everything. It is just a brief
description of your action.
CONCLUSION
3 functions of conclusion
MORAL, PREDICTION, RELAVATION
an important and useful communication skill.
DESCRIPTION
aims primarily to present word pictures of a person, a scene, or an object.
OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION
used blended with exposition or narration as in creative writing
SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION
an overall impression of the place that the author or the writer is describing.
CONTROLLING IDEA
Meat of the paragraph
SUPPORTING SENTENCES/BODY
to sort ideas (persons, places, things, or events) according to some basis or common shared characteristics
CLASSIFICATION
to understand a larger concept by breaking down an idea into smaller concepts.
CLASSIFICATION
to explain a general statement by means of more
narrowed details or specific examples. Detailed and well-chosen examples add interest, liveliness, and power to your writing.
EXEMPLIFICATION/ILLUSTRATION
to analyze the differences and/or the similarities of two distinct subjects.
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST ESSAY
This technique requires having a specific basis, a common point of comparison or contract. By pointing out the characteristics that the two components or topics have in common
BASIS OF COMPARISON
Allows you take turns in discussing the characteristics of the first topic,
followed by the second one.
ALTERNATING METHOD
like developing your ideas in chunk.
The first paragraph will only contain the characteristics of the first topic. While the second paragraph will contain discussions about the second topic.
BLOCKING METHOD
t refers to the combination of alternating and block method in writing. In this kind of strategy, you will be able to write a more structured comparison and contrast essay.
COMBINATION METHOD
Main objective is to explain why situation happened, the consequence, event and discussion of both
CAUSE AND EFFECT ESSAY
the sentence that states the main idea of a writing
assignment and helps control the ideas
within the paper.
THESIS STATEMENT
presents your personal point of view in a certain topic or issue.
PERSUASIVE ESSAY
