Literature 1
She wrote "Being Prey"
Who is Val Plumwood?
He is the author of A Sound of Thunder.
Who is Ray Bradbury?
Comparing 2 things that are not like using the word like or as.
What is Simile?
He is the author of "Thank You M'am."
Who is Langston Hughes?
part of speech: v
definition: allowing someone to do sth
Permit
It's a fiction. The main character Eckles travels back in time to hunt a dinosaur.
What is A Sound of Thunder?
Where and when the story takes place.
What is Setting?
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is Personification?
It's a type of characterization that a writer reveals a character's personality through using a narrator, other characters, or oneself.
What is Direct Characterization?
NORMAL QUESTION TYPE:
Langston Hughes uses African Americans' d____ and s_____ to capture the everyday voices of ordinary people.
Dialect and slang
It's a theory that shows one seemingly inconsequential occurrence can have tremendous consequences.
What is the Butterfly Effect?
A series of events. It has 5 points: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is Plot?
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle
What is Onomatopoeia?
It's a type of characterization that a writer reveals a character's personality through FATSO.
What is Indirect Characterization?
T/F Question: In the story of "A Sound of Thunder," animals with the red paint means they cannot be killed because they are endangered species.
FALSE
It's a human-centered point of view. The author of Being Prey has this belief and believes that human beings are the most important entity in the universe.
What is Anthropocentrism?
A comparison between two things that are not alike.
What is a Metaphor?
It is a movement of African American art and writing.
What is Harlem Renaissance?
NORMAL QUESTION TYPE:
What is FATSO?
Feature, Action, Thought, Speech (dialogue), Others(how others react to the character)
E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (adj): Able to be made larger or more extensive
Vocab from A Sound of Thunder
Expandable
A technique a writer uses to produce a special effect on their writing.
What is Literary Device?
Use of vivid descriptive language. It appeals to the reader's sense(sight, sound, taste, smell, touch).
What is Imagery?
A process by which the writer reveals and develop the personality of the character.
What is Characterization?
NORMAL QUESTION TYPE:
Harlem is a neighborhood in New York City. Most of the residents are _____ in Harlem.
African American
R_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (adj): able to recover quickly; flexible
Vocab from A Sound of Thunder
Resilient