Literary Terms
When and where a story takes place
What is setting?
This stem word means over or beyond.
What is hyper?
This word means a poor, homeless person.
What is derelict?
Name the protagonist in The Giver.
Who is Jonas?
A word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
This is the turning point of a story.
What is climax?
This stem word means across or through.
What is dia?
This word means required by law or a firm rule.
What is compulsory?
The distance of the race Jessica ran with Rosa in The Running Dream
What is 10 miles?
Words like "she" "they" and "it" are examples of these
When an author describes a character using their thoughts, actions, and reactions by others
What is indirect characterization?
This stem word means study of.
What is logy?
This word means to become aware of through the senses, especially the sense of sight.
What is perceive?
Name the couple in Freak the Mighty who seemed bad at first but then helped Max later in the story.
Who are Iggy and Loretta?
An incomplete sentence
What is a fragment?
When a character in a story faces an issue with something like the law, government, or school
What is a person vs. society conflict?
This stem word means people.
What is dem/demo?
This word means to get by making an effort; to obtain.
What is procure?
Name the 3 main settings in Two Degrees.
What is Sierra Nevada CA, Churchill MB, and Miami FL?
When two or more independent clauses are joined together to make one sentence
What is a compound sentence?
When an author makes a reference to a person, place or event in history or in literature
What is an allusion?
This stem word means to cut.
What is sect/sec?
This word means a planned military movement or a skillful move.
What is maneuver?
Who is Lois Lowry?
Who is Alan Gratz?
Who is Rodman Philbrick?
Who is Wendelin Van Draanen?
A word that receives the action of a verb in a sentence
What is a direct object?