Roots
ambi- as in...ambidextrous, ambivalent
What is both or around?
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
The time, place, and environmental context where the story happens.
What is the setting?
Used to end a statement.
What is a period?
The name of the fall play, the origin story to a famous storybook character who never grows up.
What is Peter and The Starcatcher? (Opens 11/13!)
photo- as in... photosynthesis, photographic
What is light?
Giving an animal, object or idea human characteristics
What is personification?
The underlying central idea, message, or moral about life that the story explores.
What is theme?
This type of noun must be capitalized, for example "ashley jones" instead of "Ashley Jones."
What is a proper noun?
The namesake of our stadium, an Olympic gold medalist and former Cougar.
Who is Mike Larrabee?
bio- as in... biology, biography
What is life?
Repetition of the 1st consonant sound at the beginning of words. ex. "She sells sea shells by the seashore."
What is alliteration?
"The sky was filled with fluffy clouds that soon darkened and filled the ground with huge puddles." This is an example of...
What is imagery?
Correct this sentence.
She went jogging, dancing, and to the mall.
What is she went jogging, dancing, and shopping?
The mascot Ventura High School had before we became the Cougars.
What is the Pirates?
graph- as in... phonograph, autograph
What is to write?
A word or phrase that isn't taken literally
What is an idiom?
The author's attitude towards a subject
What is tone?
Use this punctuation before any coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet)
What is a comma?
The name of the friendly ghost who haunts this building (especially the theater).
Who is Toby?
phono- as is phonograph, phonetically
What is sound/voice?
Contradictory terms appearing in conjunction such as "love-hate relationship"
What is an oxymoron?
When a literary work evokes certain feelings in a reader its referred to as this
What is mood?
Elements alike in function should also be alike in function
What is parallelism?
The musical the alumni and rapper KYLE participated in while he was a student: he convinced all his friends to participate too, or else they couldn't have put it on...
What is Hairspray?