Mr. Richards's class
The amount of time you're allowed for a bathroom break
What is 5 minutes?
When an author or character describes a characters appearance, actions, or traits.
What is direct characterization?
A millionaire who collects malformed taxidermy could be considered this.
What is eccentric?
In Station Eleven, the Prophet is the son of this other character.
Who is Arthur (or Elizabeth) Leander?
What is a thesis statement (or claim)?
Mr. Richards spent 11 years living in this Asian city.
What is Tokyo?
The place where the story happens.
What is setting?
Where the comma should go in the following mechanically incorrect sentence:
Darth Vader takes good care of his sparkly headphones which he bought last month.
What is after "headphones"?
In Homegoing, this labor action leads to better conditions for H and the other coal workers.
What is a strike?
"AEC" stands for these three core elements of a body paragraph.
What are Assertion, Evidence, and Commentary?
This villainous martial arts organization will "never die".
What is Cobra Kai?
When a poet repeats words that start with the same sound.
To know the true value of a horse, it's best to take a careful look at this body part.
What is the mouth?
In A Raisin in the Sun, each of the adult Youngers has a different understanding of this idealistic national concept.
What is the American Dream?
A thesis that fails to describe the techniques an author uses to make a broader point outside the text can be considered this.
What is vague?
The "Costanza Challenge" encourages students to do this.
What is use newly learned vocabulary words in everyday conversation?
In Hitchcock's Rear Window, a man confined to a wheelchair witnesses what he believes is a murder in the apartment building across from him, in a famous example of this type of irony.
What is dramatic?
Tom told the bosses directly that he wanted a promotion. You could say he did this about it.
What is "made no bones"?
"The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas" uses a fictional situation to highlight real-world ethical and moral issues, making it an example of this kind of writing.
What is allegorical?
In the world of analysis, this can be anything with a beginning, middle, and end that's worthy of deeper exploration.
What is a text?
These spokes-characters for dried grapes from the Golden State reached peak popularity in the 1980s, spawning a hit single, merchandise, and even a Saturday morning cartoon show.
Who are the California Raisins?
What is juxtaposition?
If your best friend is constantly giving change to beggars and donating to any charity that asks, she might suffer from this idiomatic illness.
What is a bleeding heart?
In Station Eleven, "survival is insufficient" is a reference to which long-running sci-fi series?
What is Star Trek?
The literary analysis process of reading a passage over and over to analyze and draw conclusions.
What is close reading?