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• Narrative


  The telling of a sequence of events or a story
• Sequence of events


  • It helps you remember the order of the story
• Settings


  Refers to the time and place of a story
• Dynamic character


  Refers to the character that undergo development throughout the story
• Realism


  Refers to situations that happen in real life
• Fantasy


  Refers to events that cannot happen in real life
• Fiction


  Is a work of imagination
• Genres of fiction

  • Fantasy
  • Sci-fi
  • Horror
• Fantasy


  Genre of fiction where magic and supernatural elements form the centre plot of the story
• Sci-fi


  It talks about science and technology and its impact on society
• Types of Settings


  • Temporal Setting
  • Spatial Settings
  • Social
• Temporal Setting


  Refers to the time when the story happens
• Spatial Settings


  Refers to the place where the story happened
• Social


  Refers to the beliefs and views of people in that particular time and place
• Horror


  To horrify and scare an audience
• Contrast


  To show differences or unlikeness
• Compare


  To examine the qualities that are the same
• Propaganda


  Dissemination of information to influence public opinion
• Types of propaganda techniques

  • Card stacking
  • Testimonial
  • Glittering generalities
  • Plain folks
  • Bandwagon
  • Name-calling
• Antonyms


  Comparing words with opposite meanings
• Synonyms


  Comparing words with similar meanings
• Denotation


  Refers to the literal meaning of a word
• Connotation


  Refers to the suggested meanings of a word
• Graphic organizer


  Is a visual tool used to express and show relationship between ideas and thoughts
• Venn diagram


  Used to show the differences and similarities of a concept
• 1. K-W-L Chart


  Used to list things that you know before and after reading a topic
• Web chart


  Used to list down things that you associate with a certain topic
• Adage


  Is a short quote that expresses a general truth
• Intonation


  Describes the rise and fall of pitch while speaking
• Tense


  Refers to the specific time WHEN the verb happened
• Aspect


  Refers to the relationship of the verb to time and other conditions
• Alliteration


  Repetition of consonant sounds
• Types of Aspect

  • Progressive
  • Perfect
• Assonance


  Repetition of vowel sounds
• Onomatopoeia


  Uses words that imitate real life sounds
• Simile


  A phrase which compares something to something else using the words as or like
• Rhyme


  Repetition of sounds in two or more words
• Figure of speech


  Used to convey a more deep meaning
• Metaphor


  When there is a comparison made between two different things which share something in common
• Apostrophe


  Speaking to an object or item that is not alive as if it were, alive