Literary Terms
What is a metaphor? Provide an example.
A comparison of two things, without like or as / *various examples
Landon felt ________________ after receiving the highest honor at the award ceremony.
Exalted
When was the pedestrian published?
1951
The major conflict in "The Lottery" was....?
Man vs. Society.
Vocabulary Slides are due on this day, by this time.
Sunday at midnight.
What is foreshadowing?
An author's way of hinting at what will happen later in the story.
Despite his ________________ appearance, the model moved with surprising grace on the catwalk. Megan Trainor was right in her song "all about that base"!
Portly
What is the name of the main character?
Leonard Mead
Name one of the themes in "A Sound of Thunder"
Fate vs. Free Will, Consequences of Human Actions, or Technology and Ethics
The number of bathroom passes given out per nine weeks. (in here)
5 bathroom passes
What is the purpose of sensory details?
To help the reader see the story happening, creates a picture, elevates writing.
A synonym for this word is logical or reasonable.
Plausible
Why is the main character walking alone?
He enjoys the quiet and isolation
What is another name for the butterfly effect?
The theory of chaos, the domino effect, the ripple effect, or the snowball effect
Ms. Griffith ask that you do this until the bell
work and stay in your seat, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Personification or Metaphor?
"The student stood looking down the dark, black hallway, from the distances it seems the walls shook with terror at the figure glaring black. It was Mr. Stevens as a werewolf!!"
Personification
After Hurricane Milton, the news referred to the damage as a time of _________ events. A Hurricane this deadly hadn't happened before.
Unprecedented
Who comes to arrest/questions the main character?
The robot police
Individualism is the idea that the individual is the unit of moral concern, and one cannot morally trample a single person's life or rights, no matter the supposed benefit to others. What stories have we read that challenges this idea? (the character goes against the norm)
All of them. "The Lottery" and "A Sound of Thunder", and "The Pedestrian"
Ms. Griffith ask that you do not leave this behind
Trash, papers, or any belongings.
Name the 5 elements of a personal narrative or a basic story.
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
______, students wait until the last minute to study.
Invariable / invariably
What does this story suggest about society's value in the year 2053?
It values technology and conformity
"The Lottery" and "The Pedestrian" challenged this idea when it came to traditions / societal norm.
Conformity
What day are vocabulary test typically on?
Tuesday. Every other Tuesday.