It's Lit
Literature that tells the story of teens or youths, grappling with growing up
What is YA Lit?
What is a similie?
Della bought a chain, at the cost of an orphan Annie haricut.
What is a Noun?
Bud not Buddy, The Outsiders, Inside Out and Back Again
What is Historical Fiction?
A focus on the future, and the benefits and dangers of technology
What is Science Fiction?
When something nonhuman is given human characteristics
What is Personification?
what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
What is a metaphor?
Jenna is stressed - she can't figure out what to get Tony for Hannukkah!
What is a Pronoun?
1984, The Time Machine
What is Science Fiction?
studies have shown that this genre can also help children experience courage, learn about different cultures, and expand their sense of community
What is Horror?
A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement such as, "It's a thousand degrees in this classroom"
What is Hyperbole?
Balancin' on breaking branches, those eyes add insult to injury.
What is Alliteration?
Frosty the Snowman was a jolly, happy, soul.
What is an article?
What is YA Literature?
What is Poetry?
When an image represents a deeper meaning
What is a Symbol?
I think I've seen this film before, and I didn't like the ending.
What is foreshadowing?
Do you think Jennifer will eat the cookies and drink the milk I left for Santa?
What is a conjunction?
The Gift of the Magi
What is Classics?
to tell a tale that takes the reader out of their current time period to understand various new perspectives from the past.
when the beginning of a group of words repeat the same letters or sounds
What is Alliteration?
Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What is Plot?
The Grinch was the meanest green thing to live in all of WhoVille.
what is a verb?
The Raven
What is Horror?