Literary Terms
Tells the reader what a work of literature is about.
What is the topic?
This character does not change or grow in the course of the story.
What is a static character?
Who is the main character?
Joseph Krumgold
Who is the author?
“Danse Africaine”
What is one of his poems?
Tells us what the author believes about that subject.
What is the theme?
This character is marked by opposing others and who is usually morally twisted or has evil designs.
Who is the Villain/Antagonist?
Survival in nature.
What is one topic of this book?
Four leaf clovers are good luck.
If you step on a crack on a sidewalk or driveway, you will break your mother’s back.
What are superstitions?
On a train heading to Mexico.
Where he wrote “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”?
Refers to the “feel” of a literary work, which is made up of specific techniques and devices, as well as a particular style.
What is texture?
A character who changes or grows in the course of the story.
What is a Dynamic Character?
Survives his first major snowstorm.
Makes a tent out of hemlock limbs.
Learns how to boil water in a leaf and boils crow’s eggs.
Uses the roots of sassafras trees to make tea.Ways the Sam battles nature and wins?
Physical setting of this book is in a town named this.
What is Serenity?
“Low and “Slow”
“Tom-toms”How repetition is used in the poem?
This is a reference to a well-known person, character, place, or event that a writer makes to deepen the readers understanding.
What is an allusion?
A character with whom the audience is not meant to identify and/or sympathize.
What is an Unsympathetic Character?
Alone, hungry, cold, miserable, and scared, excited. Life is leisurely and he is warm and well fed.
What are types of feelings Sam expressed about his choice?
The state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil.
What is Serenity?
Reference to the pyramids and Abe Lincoln.
What are historical references made in this poem?
This is a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality.
What is irony?
A usually one-dimensional character made by turning a non-human idea, quality, object, animal, etc., into a human personality.
What is a Personified Character?
Jean Craighead George.
Who is the author of this book?
This book is told from Andy’s view.
What is first person point of view?
“Merry-Go-Round”
What is the majority of the classes favorite poem?