Writing & Literary Terms
This is what we use to show something is directly in the text.
What are quotation marks?
This is where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
The main focus of a text.
What is a central idea?
What is "he is"?
She is the protagonist in The House on Mango Street
Who is Esperanza
This means to describe someone.
What is characterization?
This is what we call the main character or hero in a story.
What is the protagonist?
To find the differences
What is to contrast
This is when I refer to all friends in another class.
What is "they are"?
Who is Sandra Cisneros
This is a problem in a story.
What is a conflict?
A lesson/message in a text.
What is a theme?
This is the main focus of a text
What is a central idea
This is when we refer to me and my friend.
What is "we are"?
What is Chicago, Illinois
This is a piece of literature.
What is a text?
This is when you use "like" or "as" to compare things.
What is a simile?
This is to find the similarities
What is to compare
This is when referring to many dogs.
What is "they are"?
This is what Esperanza uses to describe her family members
What is hair
This is the type of literature (poem, novel, short story)
What is genre?
This is a comparison without using “like” or “as".
What is a metaphor?
This is when I am talking to someone.
What is "you are"?
This is who Esperanza is named after
Who is her great grandmother