Story Elements
What part of a story provides background information and context?
What is Exposition?
This literary device represents abstract ideas using tangible elements like objects, characters, or events.
What is symbolism?
This famous event occurs immediately after Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulet party.
What is the balcony scene?
A technique used to build suspense by hinting at future events.
What is foreshadowing?
This term refers to the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
Which term describes a character who experiences significant growth or change?
What is Dynamic Characterization?
The purpose of using a historical setting in a novel like To Kill a Mockingbird.
What is to influence characters' beliefs, behaviors, and opportunities by placing them in specific cultural and social contexts?
This character threatens to disown Juliet if she doesn't marry Paris.
Who is Juliet's father?
This type of metaphor extends throughout an entire poem or section of prose.
What is an extended metaphor?
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry is called
What is meter?
What is the term for a character struggling against their own emotions?
What is Man vs. Self Conflict?
This literary technique is used when Scout describes Maycomb as a "tired old town" where people moved slowly and there was nothing to buy.
What is imagery?
After this event, Romeo is banished from Verona.
What is killing Tybalt?
The difference between direct and indirect characterization.
What is direct characterization explicitly states character traits, while indirect characterization shows traits through actions, thoughts, or dialogue?
This poetic device uses words that imitate the sound they describe, such as "buzz" or "hiss".
What is onomatopoeia?
What point of view gives insight into the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters?
What is Third Person Omniscient?
Atticus Finch's advice to Scout, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it," demonstrates this important theme of the novel.
What is empathy or understanding others' perspectives?
A modern equivalent to the Montague-Capulet feud could be
What are rival gangs, political party divisions, or religious conflicts?
he use of sound devices like alliteration and assonance often enhances this poetic element.
What is rhythm or meter?
In poetry analysis, this term refers to the attitude or emotion the speaker expresses towards the subject.
What is tone?
How does the setting of a story affect the mood?
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Explain the significance of the mockingbird as a symbol in the novel.
What is it represents innocence and the destruction of innocence by evil?
Discuss how the concepts of honor and revenge drive the plot in Romeo and Juliet.
What is the cycle of violence perpetuated by both families in the name of honor?
Explain how STEAL (Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks) is used in characterization.
What is a method to analyze how authors build complex characters through various aspects of their presentation in the text?
Analyze how the use of figurative language, such as metaphors and similes, contributes to the overall meaning and impact of a poem.
What is enhancing imagery, conveying complex ideas, and creating emotional resonance?