Literary Elements
How the reader feels while reading a text
What is mood?
Official pardon for war crimes.
What is amnesty?
Ms.Kowles daughter's name.
Who is Violet?
What is a tone word you can use to describe you book club book? Be able to explain why.
What is any specific word that describes tone?
Sentence that tells the reader what the focus of your essay is.
What is thesis?
Author's attitude
What is tone?
Child who is volunteers or is forced to participate in war.
What is a child soldier?
Where did Ms. Martinez go to college?
What is Binghamton Uni. or City College
Describe the mood of your book
What is any specific mood word ?
The most important part of the body paragraph?
Explanation
What is central idea?
When people recover from war crimes by getting treated both psychologically and physically.
What is rehabilitation?
Who are the two AP's of the school?
Who is Ms. Lemos or Ms. Spencer?
What do you think the author of the book would say regarding amnesty?
Any reasonable answer
(Beah 45).
What is a citation?
How the author feels about a topic?
What is perspective or point of view?
high ranking soldier, usually an adult
Commander
How do you get prize from the prize box?
What is have a bday, star of the week, iready or do a project on a book?
Hunger, poverty, lack of mentors/parents
What are reasons why a child might volunteer to fight?
It can be a quote, question, theme etc
What is a hook?
The feelings specific words carry, can lead to determining perspective or bias.
What is connotations?
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
What is a refugee?
The first writing unit we did this school year.
What is memoir writing?
How is the character of your book impacted by war.
Any reasonable answer.
What are the main components of an intro, body paragraph and conclusion.
Intro- hook, background info, thesis
Body- claim, evidence and explanation
Conclusion: Restate the thesis, summarize key points and super closer.