Take it Essay
Term for the first paragraph of an academic essay
What is an introduction?
He wrote 'On the Road'
Who is Jack Kerouac?
Many of the chapters in 'Of Mice and Men' begin with a thorough description of this literary concept.
What is 'setting'?
An element in a work of fiction that is actually there to represent something else
What is a symbol?
The subject in "All the crazy people living down the same road as the museum are somehow related."
What is "All the crazy people living down the same road as the museum"?
Term for the ending paragraph(s) of an academic essay
What is a conclusion?
He wrote 'Howl'
Who is Allen Ginsberg?
The name of the stable buck in 'Of Mice and Men'
Who is Crooks?
A literary term for the main character of a story
What is a protagonist?
'Friendly' and 'fast' belong to this word class
What are adjectives?
The name of the Steinbeck text about the boy Jody upon which you wrote your first academic essay this school year
What is 'The Great Mountains'?
He is the narrator of 'On the Road'
Who is Sal Paradise?
The number of chapters in 'Of Mice and Men'
What is 6?
When elements in a story point towards future plot developments
What is foreshadowing?
What is missing in the sentence, "She is a fan of Justin Bieber who has black hair."
What is a comma?
The main topic of a text being analyzed an debated in an academic essay
What is theme?
Name of the reckless and womanizing character from 'On the Road' who is "hotrock capable of anything"
Who is Dean Moriarty?
The name of Lennie's aunt in 'Of Mice and Men'
What is Clara?
'On the Road' had this type of narration
What is 1st person narration?
The correct relative pronoun for: "I like women ----- moral standards are low."
What is 'whose'?
A literary term indicating that the different paragraphs of an essay are bound together in a logical and clear manner
The narrator of 'Howl' saw "the best minds of my generation" destroyed by this.
What is 'madness'?
'Of Mice and Men' take place in this valley in California - along with a number of other Steinbeck stories
What is the Salinas valley?
A use of imagery marked by words such as 'like' and 'as'
What is a simile?
The adverb in the sentence, "He was a friendly man who did not like fast cars"
What is "not"?