The Book Thief
This unusual narrator observes the story of Liesel Meminger and comments on humanity throughout the novel.
Who is death?
This acronym/mnemonic device helps us remember how to structure our paragraphs in most academic writing. It stands for...
What is TRIAC form? (Topic, Restriction, Illustration, Analysis, Conclusion.)
The Scarlet Pimpernel rescues French aristocrats during this historical event.
What is the French Revolution/Reign of Terror?
In formal writing, this point of view should usually be avoided to keep the tone academic and objective.
What is first person?
After the Trojan War, this Greek hero spends ten years trying to return home.
Who is Odysseus?
Liesel steals her first book at this location—right after her brother’s funeral.
What is a gravesite/cemetery?
This English nobleman is secretly the daring Scarlet Pimpernel.
Who is Sir Percy Blakeney?
These two punctuation marks are used to separate items in a series and to connect clauses in compound sentences.
What are commas and semicolons?
Odysseus blinds this one-eyed monster to escape his cave.
Who is Polyphemia/the Cyclops?
He is the Jewish fist-fighter who shelters in the Hubermanns’ basement and develops a bond with Liesel.
Who is Max Vandenburg?
A [2] opener contains these two components.
What are the preposition and the object of the preposition?
Marguerite Blakeney’s vengeful betrayal of this man initiates one of the main conflicts.
Who is the Marquis de St. Cyr?
A sentence without a complete subject or verb is called this.
What is a fragment?
While Odysseus is missing, these unwelcome guests overrun Ithaca, courting Penelope.
Who are the suitors?
Liesel frequently reads aloud to her neighbors during air raids while sheltering in this location.
What is their neighbor's basement?
Use a comma before this type of word when it joins two independent clauses—for example, “She studied hard, and she passed the test.”
What are (coordinating) conjunctions? (FANBOYS-for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.)
This relentless French agent is determined to uncover the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Who is Chauvelin?
This type of sentence error occurs when two independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or a conjunction.
What is a run-on sentence?
This goddess continually aids Odysseus and advocates for him among the gods.
Who is Athena?
This accordion-playing house painter becomes Liesel’s foster father and source of comfort.
Who is Hans Hubermann?
You use a comma after a [3] opener when it does this.
What is modifies the whole sentence?
The Scarlet Pimpernel leaves behind this symbol to taunt his enemy
What is a small red flower/pimpernel?
WILDCARD-This term refers to words like their, there, and they’re, which sound alike but have different meanings and spellings.
What are homophones?
Odysseus’s crew is turned into swine by this sorceress before she becomes their ally.
Who is Circe?