Grammar
The boy gave his sister's friend a rose.
Part of speech?
adjective
Giving a non-human character human-like qualities so the reader may relate to the non-human character.
Anthropomorphism
The second sentence in a literary analysis body paragraph.
The set-up sentence.
For them [mosquitoes] our blood is delicious juice.
metaphor
1. If a sentence has an indirect object, must put have a direct object?
2. ID the italicized word. is it a complement? If so, what type?
My brother is a happy, very accomplished angler.
1. Yes
2. Yes, PN
How much?
How many?
Which one?
What kind?
What questions do adjectives answer?
Exaggeration for effect.
Hyperbole
The sentences and their order in a literary analysis essay's introduction.
1. Hook
2. Tie-in
3. Thesis
Today the red pencil does more/than beg for my hand.
personification.
Identify the SS, V/VP, and complement(s) in the following sentence:
Martians are tiny little creatures with elephant-size ears.
SS = Martians
V/VP = are (LV)
PN = creatures
Jake appears satisfied with his grade in English.
Part of speech?
adjective
The method an author uses to reveal or describe characters and their various personalities.
Characterization.
A literary-essay sentence specifying the author and the title.
The tie-in
Two examples of figurative language here:
I'm not far when I hear rustling/and creaking,/and feet coming up behind me!
A lantern's hot splash of light/ floods my back.
imagery and metaphor
Identify the SS, V/VP, and complement(s) in the following sentence:
Crespo and Associates gave my Aunt Mary a thorough diagnosis after her car accident on the Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa.
SS = Crepo and Associates
V/VP = gave (AV)
DO = diagnosis
IO = Aunt Mary
With joy is his heart, Matt gave running a try.
Running is what part of this sentence?
IO
A person, a place, a thing, or an event used to represent something else.
Symbolism
What is a concluding paragraph's sentence order?
1. Restate thesis
2. Summarize body paragraphs
3. Refer back to the hook
[Dando] whispers sweetly/ close at my ear.
Kisses this obstinate girl./ "Oh, Amira Bright."
What SPECIFIC literary device is evident here?
Identify the SS, V/VP, and complement(s) in the following sentence:
Maurice has become crazed and somewhat flummoxed about his grade in Sra. Weaver's Spanish class.
SS = Maurice
V/VP = has become (LV)
PA = crazed, flummoxed
Identify all parts of this sentence:
Sally has never been a sad person.
SS = Sally
LV = has been
PN = person
Usually a story's most dynamic character.
The protagonist
The first body paragraph's topic sentence must specify what?
The essay's first thesis point.
Kalma's twigs/ are limp,/ rubbery/reeds of nothing.
Kalma's twigs symbolize what?
Kalma's twigs symbolize the lifeless, hopeless existence within the camp.
Identify the SS, V/VP, and complement(s) in the following sentence:
There sat fifteen screaming mandrakes and twelve giant toads in the produce aisle at the Hogwarts market
SS = mandrakes, toads
V/VP = sat
C = none