When you can see a picture of what you are reading in your mind.
What is to visualize?
100
The current president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
100
The time and place of a literary work that establishes its context.
What is setting?
100
An interruption in a work's chronology to describe or present an incident that occurred prior to what is happening at that point.
What is flashback?
100
This is what always draws Dug's attention in the movie "Up".
What are squirrels?
200
Text to self,
Text to world,
Text to text
What is make a connection?
200
The river that separates Oklahoma from Texas.
What is the Red River?
200
A comparison made between things which are essentially not alike.
What is a metaphor?
200
When the author uses an object or reference to add deeper meaning to a story. Something that represents something else.
What is symbolism?
200
This is who Donkey in "Shrek" marries.
Who is Dragon?
300
Do this when you read something and still don't get it.
What is re-read?
300
The Caddo county seat.
What is Anadarko?
300
Clues or hints that suggest events that will occur later in the story, either good or bad. These clues can be either obvious or subtle. Sometimes you may have to infer.
What is foreshadow?
300
The main idea of a novel. What the author wants you to get from the story.
What is theme?
300
What Sponge Bob Square Pants lives in.
What is a pineapple?
400
To recall the important details in the story.
What is summarize?
400
The number of kids that Mr. Summers has.
What is two? (Boys 19 & 17)
400
Another term for the entity that is telling the story. It should remain consistent throughout the work. Think of a writer's point of view.
What voice?
400
The unified structure of incidents in a literary work.
What is plot?
400
The district that Peeta and Katniss are from in "The Hunger Games."
What is District 12?
500
Decide if the author did a good job in writing the book. Perhaps the book would have been better if written a little differently.
What is evaluate the author?
500
This is where Mr. Summers grew up.
What is Moore, OK?
500
When the literal story actually represents something else. Like in "Animal Farm".
What is allegory?
500
When something that is not human is given human like qualities.
What is personification?
500
This is Lilly's occupation in "How I Met Your Mother".