In the introduction, the hook is what makes the reader want to keep reading.
100
The emotional meaning of a word is known as what?
Connotation
100
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
200
What are the settings for Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket?
Tom's apartment and the ledge
200
What is the setting for the Conductorette?
San Fransisco
200
Define "sensory language."
Writing that appeals the five senses.
200
All writing except poetry is called what?
Prose
200
This place is like the Garden of Eden.
Allusion
300
What happened to the paper at the end of the story?
It blew back out the window.
300
What was Maya Angelou's purpose in writing Conductorette.
To tell her story about getting her job/facing racism.
300
What are transition words and give an example?
They move the reader through the story. Examples: First, next, then.
300
This word means to break down for understanding.
Analyze
300
The sunflowers nodded in the wind.
Personification
400
Tom is a dynamic character. What is a dynamic character?
A character who changes throughout the story.
400
Conductorette is an example of what type of writing?
Narrative
400
The conclusion is an opportunity for the writer to what?
Reflect
400
To steal someone else's work without giving them credit is called what?
Plaigarism
400
Her eyes were as bright as fireflies.
Simile
500
What is a theme for Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket.
Your life should not be consumed by work; take time to enjoy life.
500
From the Conductorette, the following sentence is an example of what literary device:
The secretary and I were life Hamlet and Laertes in the final scene, where, because of harm done by one ancestor to another, we were bound to duel to the death.
Allusion
500
How does dialogue improve a narrative?
It puts the reader in the middle of the conversation so he or she relates to the story.