A group of people that overthrow the government, often a part of the military.
What is a coup?
The acronym we use for body paragraphs at City.
What is PEAL?
Language that directly appeals to the senses, e.g. sight, smell, touch, etc.
What is imagery?
The short story by Poe in which the narrator cries out, at the end, "It is the beating of his hideous heart!"
What is "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
Who is Romeo?
A word for a "rest" or a "break" that is used in "The Raven" as the speaker begs for this, from his suffering.
What is respite?
The acronym we use for thesis statements at City.
What is OELI?
A type of figurative language that compares unlike things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
The native language Papa often prefers for his children not to speak in Purple Hibiscus.
What is Igbo?
"Being defiant can be a good thing sometimes."
Aunty Ifeoma
An adjective for intentionally harmful or damaging that rhymes with delicious.
What is pernicious?
What are key words?
The literary term for a character who changes over the course of a work of literature.
What is a dynamic character?
The two countries at war in Persepolis, one of which is where Marjane lives.
What are Iran and Iraq?
"We will go back; your health is precious."
Who is Montresor or the narrator of "The Cask of Amontillado"?
What is avant-garde?
The four criteria (A-D) in the MYP Writing Rubric.
What are A- Analysis, B- Organization, C- Using Details, D- Language?
What is iambic pentameter?
The breed of animal that most likes chanting "Four legs good, two legs bad" in Animal Farm, and that is sometimes used as a metaphor for unthinking followers.
Who are the sheep?
Who is Marjane's grandmother?
An abstract noun that means excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury, and that starts with a word for a ten-year period.
What is decadence?
The name for the grammatical mistake of using an unclear word for a person you are writing about, e.g. using "he" or "she" when it is unclear to whom you are referring.
What is a "vague pronoun"?
What is enjambment and end-stopped lines?
The name of the Lucille Clifton poem, a question with five words, about feeling solidarity with people riding the bus.
What is "whose side are you on"?
"You lower your voices when you speak. You talk in whispers."
Who is Amaka?