A Mighty Long Way
Essay Writing
TKAM
Literary Elements
Reading
100

Main character

Carlotta Walls Lanier

100

What is the term used to define that attention getting beginning of an essay?

What is a hook?

100

"Who are the 3 main child characters in TKAM?"

Who are Scout, Dill, and Jem?

100

What is the term given to the element when the initial sounds of a word, beginning either with a consonant or a vowel, are repeated in close succession?

What is alliteration?

100
What is the character who opposes the hero or creates the conflict?
What is an antagonist?
200

Famous Civil Rights group of students who desegregated the high school

Little Rock Nine 

200

What is the name given to this universal idea statement that addresses the main focus you want to emphasize in your paper?

What is a thesis/focus claim statement?

200

What is called when you treat others how you want to be treated? 

What is the Golden Rule?

200

What is the name of the literary device that describes the issue in the story?

What is a conflict ?

200

What is the moral or the life lesson of a text? 

What is theme?

300

Major civil rights leader who inspired Carlotta?

Rosa Parks or MLK

300

What is the first step in the writing process?

What is prewriting/ brainstorming?

300

What is another theme of TKAM?

Take a stand

300

What is the literary device is the same word as the sound?

What is onomatopoeia ?

300
What is a moment of great intensity in the plot of a literary work, generally bringing events to a head and leading to the conclusion?
What is climax?
400

Whose work helped support the students by showing what was happening?

The Media

400

What is the part of the writing process where a student will make additions or deletions of content ideas to make the paper flow better and have better voice?

What is revision?

400

Who was the the mockingbird?

Tom or Boo Radley

400

What is the literary term when an inhuman object has human characteristics? 

What is personification?

400
What is a conversational passage in a narrative or play used to advance the plot or develop the characters?
What is dialogue?
500

What Ms. Crutcher wants every student to be?

A Change Agent 

500

What is the part of writing traits where one's personal style or flavor is expressed?

What is voice?

500

What does the mockingbird show?

An innocent person who only does good.

500

What is a reference, within a literary work, to another work of fiction, a film, a piece of art, or even a real event?

What is an allusion?

500
What is the perspective from which a story is told; may be first person, third person, or less commonly, second person?
What is point-of-view?
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