Writing Potpourri
What you should do to your essay between each line, so that it is easier to read
What is double space?
What is a bug (or cockroach)?
The country where Things Fall Apart takes place
What is Nigeria
The real life person Napoleon the pig represents
Who is Joseph Stalin?
When a writer uses people or people-like beings in a story
What is characterization?
The words and sentences that you borrow from another text, and upset English teachers when you forget to cite them
The person whom Oedipus accidentally marries
Who is his mother?
A strong, stubborn man in Umofia, who is afraid of being like his father. He is also the main character
Who is Okonkwo?
The type of government that the book Animal Farm explores
What is Communism?
When there is a problem or struggle in a story
What is conflict?
The paragraph and sentences that tell the reader what your argument is in an essay (ex: AI is not dangerous to humankind)
What is a thesis statement?
The main character in The Metamorphosis
Who is Gregor Samsa?
People who arrive from England, bringing religion with them
Who are the missionaries?
Who is Old Major?
Where a story takes place
What is setting?
The life lesson, it is one of the things you need to write about in a Text Analysis Response
What is the Central Idea?
Like an oracle, this person is able to predict the future
What is a prophet?
The main character's son who converts to Christianity
Who is Nwoye?
Who is Boxer?
When an object in a story represents something else
What is symbolism?
Tools a writer uses to express their life lesson
What is a literary device?
The instrument that the sister plays in The Metamorphosis
What is the violin?
Adopted son of the main character, but he is killed to please the gods
Who is Ikemefuna?
When all of the elements in a story are meant to represent something else
What is an allegory?
When the reader knows something the characters do not (such as when everyone knows the truth about Oedipus except for Oedipus)
What is irony?