Lit Elements
A person or creature in a story
What is character?
"zap, zap, and snap!" is an example of this literary element from the story
What is onomatopoeia?
the genre of this story
What is autobiography?
the genre of this story
What is historical fiction?
fiction that sets characters in a historical time period
What is historical fiction?
A figure of speech where a human quality is given to an animal or object
What is personification?
The genre of "Shoes for Hector"
Setting of this story
Guelph, Canada, 1900s
an example of foreshadowing in this story
When the uncles try to warn father it is might dangerous for an African American man to be driving an expensive car in the south
the relationship of a narrator to a story
What is point of view?
to present events in time order
What is chronological order?
This is the genre of "The Circuit"
What is fiction?
Reasons Jane Little is picked on
Her eyesight, living in China, etc.
Why Mother-Dear has to pack a lot of food
Restaurants in the Deep South were segregated
the main idea a reader can take from a story
What is theme?
the emotional quality or atmosphere of a story or poem
What is mood?
The setting of "The Circuit" & why it is important
California, 1950s, family are sharecroppers, they follow the harvest
This helped Jean feel less alone
Books, the library
The family travels in together in a ...
What is a caravan?
language that emphasizes sense impressions (see, hear, feel)
What is imagery?
variation of language spoken by a particular group or region
What is dialect?
How the author uses characterization in "Shoes for Hector"
Hector is afraid he will be made fun of for his shoes at graduation
The highest point of suspense in this story
Father was pulled over, accused of stealing the car, then arrested and taken to jail. He gets let off with a speeding ticket.
a sequence of events that creates suspense for the readers
What is narrative hook?