Literary Terminology
What does theme mean?
The overall message of a story.
What's wrong with this sentence?
You're an idiot! i exclaimed.
1.) Quotation Marks
2.) Lowercase I.
What are the THREE stories we read this year by Edgar Allen Poe?
1.) Tell-Tale Heart
2.) Cask of Amontillado
3.) Raven
Who was the fourth person to die?
Mr. Rogers
What are the two greek myths we read at the beginning of the year?
1.) Flight of Icarus
2.) Arachne
What is an alliteration?
A sentence that has words that all begin with the same consonant sound.
Is this a run on sentence? Why?
I went to the park on Sunday and played football while also eating an ice cream cone and the ice cream was chocolate but I like chocolate sprinkles on my ice cream.
YES!
There are more than 1 complete thought in this sentence, making it a run-on.
Which story contained an individual that ripped up a floorboard?
Tell-Tale Heart
What was different at the end of the movie from the book?
Vera and Lombard escape Wargrave together, whereas in the book she shoots him and hangs herself.
A Spider
What part of speech are the following words?
Bang! Oof! Slam!
Interjection
Name the 8 Parts of Speech.
Noun, Pronoun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Interjection, Preposition, Conjunction.
TRUE OR FALSE:
What was the person's name that Fortunato refused to let drink the Amontillado?
Luchesi
How did Emily Brent die?
A bee was swarming and she was injected with Cyanide while hallucinating.
What was the name of the protagonist in "Sorry, Wrong Number?"
Mrs. Stephenson
What Part of Speech focuses on locating an object in relation to something else?
Preposition
Is this the right form of "there" in this sentence?
"There gonna cheat in this game! I just know it!"
NO!
That spelling of the word "there" refers to location. To refer to the correct form, it's a contraction, meaning it's "THEY'RE" meaning "THEY ARE"
TRUE OR FALSE:
In the Tell Tell Heart and Cask of Amontillado, the narrators both go insane and kill someone and hide the body chopped up.
FALSE!
Montresor (Cask of Amontillado) shut Fortunato behind a wall and let him starve to death.
What are the names of the child and lover of Vera Claythorne in the story?
Cyril and Hugo Hamilton.
Who was Abby Sunderland?
She tried to become the youngest person (16!) to sail across the world on her own.
What is an onomatopoeia?
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
TRUE OR FALSE:
As long as there is no question mark or exclamation point, we should always put a comma inside the quotation to separate it from the speaker tag.
TRUE!
SIMILARITIES:
. Both have characters that die.
. Both narrators are very upset over a lost person.
. Our narrators are both insane in their own way.
DIFFERENCES:
. One is killed by grief and pain, the other is a killer.
. Montresor is very manipulative, while the narrator in the Raven is not.
. Montresor seeks revenge, the narrator in the Raven seeks love.
Name the order in which the characters die, and how.
1.) Tony Marston -> Choking on Cyanide.
2.) Mrs. Rogers -> Dies in her sleep.
3.) General MacArthur -> Hit in back of head.
4.) Mr. Rogers -> Died chopping up wood.
5.) Emily Brent -> Died of cyanide (bee!)
6.) Justice Wargrave -> Faked his death dressed in Judge Outfit.
7.) Dr. Armstrong -> Pushed off a cliff and drowned.
8.) Mr. Blore -> Hit with falling clock (Bear)
9.) Philip Lombard -> Shot by Vera
10.) Vera Claythorne -> Hung Herself
And Then There Were None!
What was Jordan Romero famous for? (Think Close Reader!)
Climbing Mount Everest.