Unit 1 Test Review

• Theme-the central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work---what does the author want to teach us.• Parts of the Plot:• Exposition-events at the beginning of the story that give the reader

background information• Rising action-the events that lead up to the climax in the story and develop

the conflict.• Climax-the turning point of a story.• Falling Action-events after the climax of a story up to the resolution.• Resolution-the conclusion, wrapping up of threads of a story.

• Symbol-something that stands for something else.• Tone-writer or speaker’s attitude toward the subject.• Sensory details-words or information that appeal to the five senses.• Imagery-descriptive or figurative language that creates word pictures.• Conflict-a struggle between two forces. • External-struggle with an outside force such as another character or nature.• Internal-struggle with their own needs, desires, or emotions.

• Parts of a personal narrative• The incident (what happened) told vividly• The response-the feelings and thoughts towards the incident by the person involved.• The reflection-the lesson learned, the significance of the experience, how it might affect the author in the future.

• How to punctuate dialogue• Start a new paragraph with every speaker• Separate the dialogue from the speech tags with commas• Put quotation marks around exactly what’s being said.• Capitalize the first word in dialogue

• Why do we use dialogue in writing?• To advance the story• To reveal more about the character• To present background• To create tone• To make the story more enjoyable.

• Colon• To introduce a list

• Dash• To set off or emphasize content

• Semicolons• To join two independent phrases

• Commas• To join two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction• After an introductory phrase• To separate elements in a series

• Verb Tense• Keep verb tense consistent in a sentence if the events are happening at the

same time.• Three basic verb tenses

• Past-add –d or –ed unless irregular• Present• Future-use the word will in front of the verb