The Power of Storytelling
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another
What is empathy?
The position of not supporting any side in a conflict
What is neutrality?
Something that is true or applies to everyone
The insult rolled off her like water off a duck's back
What is a simile?
A person, place, thing, or idea
ex. house, love, student
What is a noun?
How a person defines themself
What is sense of self?
The complete destruction or wiping out of something
What is annihilation?
Events that will happen in the future; fate
What is destiny?
Her eyes were shining stars
What is a metaphor?
An action or state of being
ex. jump, feel, think
What is a verb?
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
What is stereotype?
This type of warfare was first introduced in World War One, in which soldiers fought in long ditches on the front lines
What is trench warfare?
The author of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Describes a noun
ex. pretty, scary, bigWhat is an adjective?
This type of poem provides the meaning of a word along with three stanzas of examples that start with "As in:"
What is a definition poem?
Trauma, PTSD, anxiety, helplessness, emotional numbness, and dehumanization are examples of these types of effects of war
What are psychological effects?
Ms. Dushek literally explained the directions a million times.
*daily double--earn double points for identifying two types of figurative language
What is hyperbole and paradox?
Replaces a noun
ex. we, I, you
What is a pronoun?
Reading fiction stimulates regions of the brain, called these, which makes reading vivid and enriching
What are cortexes? (Sensory, motor, olfactory, auditory)
This effect of war is categorized by forced maturity, stolen future, purposelessness, normalization of violence, and feeling older than their age
What is the loss of innocence?
The meaning of the line "the course of true love never did run smooth" (1.1.136)
What is true love always faces challenges?
The fire station burned down.
What is irony?
Connects two words, phrases, or clauses
ex. and, but, or
What is a conjunction?