The "atmosphere" created in a literary work. Often dependent on word choice and imagery.
What is mood?
100
Stands in for, or substitutes, a person, place, or thing
What is a pronoun?
100
The editing mark "w.c."
What is word choice?
100
The author's message to readers
What is theme?
100
A boy tries to discover his "personal legend."
What is The Alchemist?
200
The author's attitude toward the subject
What is tone?
200
The boy laughed uncontrollably. "Uncontrollably" acts as a....
What is an adverb?
200
This goes at the end of an introduction paragraph and explains the paper's purpose
What is thesis?
200
You are like an infant. (type of figurative language)
What is a simile?
200
The only novella we read in class
What is The Pearl?
300
Dictionary definition of a word
What is Denotation?
300
"to be" is an example of this part of speech.
What is a verb?
300
This goes in the middle of the introduction and it explains any context needed to understand what the writer will be discussing. It is not the first or last sentence.
What is a bridge?
300
This is where the height of the action takes place in the story
What is climax?
300
A short story about an asian girl and her mother's unrealistic expectations for her to become a "prodigy"
What is "Two Kinds?"
400
Words and images associated with a word
What is connotation?
400
around, upon, amid, down, during....
What is a preposition?
400
When referring to this type of work, you put quotes around it
What is a short story or poem?
400
in literature and dramatic media, an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point
What is a flashback?
400
The author of The Pearl
Who is John Steinbeck?
500
Repitition of vowel sounds in words
What is assonance?
500
After the school day was over, I went to the store to buy candy
The word "I" in the sentence serves as the ________ of the sentence.
What is the subject?
500
It's one of these: (Lee 43).
What is an in-text citation?
500
Wow! Bang! Pop! are all examples of this figure of speech