Literary Devices
A direct comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a Simile
The turning point in a story.
Climax
Basic grammatical elements needed for a complete sentence
Subject and Verb
Marji comes from a wealthy family.
True or False?
True
What is being connected in the Memory Chain activity?
memories
Parody and exaggeration to criticize the faults of society or human nature.
What is satire
The main problem in a story, the dilemma, or question that needs to be answered.
How would you complete this fragment:
"Because the sky is blue."
Add a verb:
"It turns me on." (Beatle lyric)
What is Marji's main conflict in Persepolis?
Trying to be true to her secular self in a society that is rapidly changing to fundamentalism.
Correctly identifying and using these will always get you candy in Ms. Gehret's class
What are Literary Devices?
The giving of human attributes to inanimate/non human objects.
Personification
The tension building moments in a story.
Rising Action
How would you complete this fragment?
Mario, Luigi, and Princess peach.
Add a verb
Kick Bowser's tuchus.
The cultural revolution was a time period in Iran where what happened?
The power changed from the modern ideas of the Shah to the fundamentalist state of Islam.
What error will Ms. Gehret take 5 points off your essay for, every time you make it.
lower case "i"s that should be capital "I"s
The physical and emotional traits of a character in the story, as described by the author and the other characters in the story.
Characterization
The author's introduction to the characters, setting, and situation.
Exposition
Complete this fragment:
Running fast through the woods.
Add a subject:
I'm
What happens to Marji's neighbors the Baba-Levy's?
What modern day country is now where Persia used to be.
Iran
An exaggeration of details for an effect.
Hyperbole
Name the six elements of the story arc in order.
Exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/denouement
How would you correct this dialogue formatting:
Say hello to my little friend! sneered Tony Montana
"Say HELLO to my little friend!" sneered Tony Montana.
Marji's favorite uncle Anoosh was murdered by the Islamic Regime, what did the Shah's government do to him?
The Shah made him a political prisoner.
What are the 4 lines of a MLA heading?
Name
Class/teacher
Period
Date