Literary Terms
Who is telling the story
What is Point of View?
To fully enjoy an experience or food item
What is Savored?
The name of the main character in Flowers for Algernon
Who is Charlie Gordon?
The turning point of a story
What is the Climax?
Quotes from the story that support your answer
What is Text Evidence?
Intentional over exxageration to prove a point
Hyperbole
Tending to cause harm
What is Detrimental?
The Father's name in Maus
Who is Vladek?
When the characters and setting are introduced
What is exposition?
Casual/ Relaxed speech, uses slang or cliches
What is Informal Tone?
The overall message of the story
What is theme?
Not able to be swayed or reasoned with
What is adamant?
Helped the Jews seek safety in Paris
Who is the Muslim Community?
When you are told about a character through the way they look, speak, act, and think
What is Indirect Characterization?
What you do when you respond to a prompt or question
What is Restating the Question?
Comparing two unlike things without using the words like or as
What is Metaphor?
Insensitive or cruel regard for others
What is Callous?
Where Amari, Polly, and Tidbit escape too
Where is Fort Mose?
When the story jumps backward in time and place
What is flashback?
Used to cite a quote from a text
What are quotation marks and page numbers?
The writer's attitude
What is tone?
Quickly giving the "gist" of something
What is Succinct?
A pilot who flew around the world Solo when he was 28
Who is Barrington Irving?
The use of images to represent ideas or qualitites
What is Symbolism?
The final step in the writing process
What is editing/proofreading?