Lit Terms
Persuasive Writing
Maycomb
Short Stories
Potpourri
100

theme

What is the "main idea" of a plot?

100

logos

What is the name of the "logical" appeal?

100

Tim Johnson

What is the name of the rapid dog shot by Atticus?

100

canoe

How did the narrator take Sheila Mant across the river to the party?

100

black death

What Poe's allusion in "The Masque of Red Death"?

200

tone

What is the author's voice or attitude toward the story?

200

pathos

What is the name of the "emotional appeal"?

200

Harper Lee

Who is the author of To Kill a Mockingbird?

200

Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies

Where is Leonard Mead taken at the end of "The Pedestrian"?

200
enclosure

What should come after a signature on a cover letter?

300

resolution

How does the story end?

300

ethos

What is the "ethical" appeal?

300

Coca-Cola

What does Dolphus Raymond actually drink?

300

"It is the only beautiful story I have ever heard." 

What is said (by Cyril) about the bachelor's story in "The Storyteller"?

300

15%

How much does the Eng 2 final count towards the final grade?

400

denouement

What happens after the end of the story?

400

counter-argument

What is/are the arguments others may have?

400

Scout meets Boo

What is the denouement of To Kill a Mockingbird?

400

Midnight

When does the Red Death strike down Prince Prospero?

400

King Laius 

Who was the father of Oedipus?

500

personification

What is giving human qualities or characteristics to non-human animals and object?

500

position statement

What is the sentence that states your argument (this could be the thesis)?

500

Ivanho

What is the book Jem had to read to Mrs. Dubose as punishment?

500

alibi

Why does Mary Maloney go to the grocery store in "Lamb to the Slaughter"?

500

Boston

Where was Dr. Soares born?

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