Let's Define it!
Definition: The time and place in which a story takes place.
Setting
How to identify a static character?
Looks for a character that shows no change throughout the story.
Harry Potter is a series of books and movies. Harry Potter is one of the characters. What type of character is Harry Potter?
Protagonist / Main Character
On the midterm you will have:
A) Literary Response Writing
B) Opinion-based Writing
C) Both
C
Fork + Spoon
Definition: The struggle between opposing forces
Conflict
What is one reason how Mr. Jones from Animal Farm represents Czar Nicholas from the Russian Revolution?
Bad leaders
In the movies and books, the character Harry Potter often faces of against the character Voldemort. What character type is Voldemort?
Antagonist
What does the G in T.A.G.S stand for?
Genre
Which country is the largest exporter of coffee?
Brazil
Definition: The main idea or underlying message of a text.
Theme
Fill in the blank: The purpose of _______is to prime the reader for a later event.
foreshadow / foreshadowing
What is the difference between fiction and nonfiction?
A. Fiction uses logic and reasoning whereas nonfiction discusses topics and events that are not feal
B. Fiction uses imagination whereas nonfiction discusses real-life topics and events.
C. Fiction is made by really good authors whereas nonfiction is not.
B
What does T.A.G.S stand for?
Title
Author
Genre
Summary
"Hangry" is a slang English term that describes a feeling. What two feelings is in a combination of?
Hungry + Angry
A story in which events, actions, characters etc. represent real-life events/ people.
Allegory
Mr. Jones struggled to regain control of his farm after the rebellion. What conflict is this?
Person vs. Society
What type of conflict is being described: The main character needs to enter a haunted house to save his sister. He needs to battle several vampires and ghosts in order to find his sister.
Person vs. Supernatural
True or False: When including an author or person's name in your writing-- it is ok to write only the author's first name. (Example: George Orwell is great. George is great)
FALSE
What does " I am under the weather," mean?
Don't feel good / sick
Story that usually focuses on a particular hero or event, and gives an explanation for how something happened.
Myth
Fill in the blank: In literature, a ________is typically the moment of most tremendous tension in a story, when the protagonist faces their deepest fear or most significant challenge.
Climax
In the beginning of the drama Romeo and Juliet, the prologue reads: Two households, both alike in dignity/ In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, / From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, / Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. / From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life (take their lives)
What literary device is being used in the last line?
Foreshadowing
Why should you refrain from using "I" in your writing?
(A) It is not formal.
(B) You can, doesn't matter.
(C) It is against the rules.
A
Albania, Greece and Bulgaria all share a border with what country?
Yugoslavia