Literary Elements
The time and place in which a story occurs.
What is setting?
A sentence that expresses a complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
This artist is known for songs like “bad guy” and “Happier Than Ever.”
Who is Billie Eilish?
This word means an enemy or opponent.
What is adversary?
The author of A Raisin in the Sun.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
The main character in a story.
Who is the protagonist?
The part of speech that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
What is an adverb?
This artist released the album SOS in 2022.
Who is SZA?
To harass someone means to do this
What is to disturb, worry, or trouble by repeated attacks?
The Younger family lives in this city.
Where is Chicago?
A struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
A group of words with a subject and verb but no complete thought.
What is a dependent clause?
The genre that blends rap and melody and is popular with artists like Juice WRLD.
What is melodic rap (or emo rap)?
If weather is stormy or harsh, it’s called this.
What is inclement?
The $10,000 check comes from this person’s death.
Who is Big Walter?
Hints or clues that suggest future events.
What is foreshadowing?
A sentence with two independent clauses incorrectly joined.
What is a run-on sentence?
This artist went viral with “As It Was.”
Who is Harry Styles?
This word refers to something that seems unimportant or too small to matter.
What is negligible?
This character dreams of opening a liquor store.
Who is Walter Lee Younger?
When a character changes internally throughout the story.
What is a dynamic character?
Punctuation used to join two closely related independent clauses.
A social media platform that helped many Gen Z songs go viral.
What is TikTok?
This word means making something permanent or long lasting.
What is perpetuate?
The play’s title comes from a poem by this writer.
Who is Langston Hughes?