To back it up and help "prove" your thesis, you should use these.
What are QUOTES?
100
This term refers to the author's attitude toward the topic or readers. For example, it could be pessimistic, optimistic, joyous, spiteful, hopeful, etc.
What is TONE?
100
This is the lens that helps you see if there are stereotypes about men and women.
What is THE GENDER LENS?
100
The definition of theme.
What is a message that you can discover?
100
The name of the graphic novel we read.
What is American Born Chinese?
200
This is the top part of the bun when you sandwich a quote. The "who" said it and "when" in the story.
What is CONTEXT?
200
This term refers to meaning that is suggested, not stated. For example, the term "massacre" has a more negative ____than the word "death," and the word "fat" has a more negative ____ than the word "overweight."
What is CONNOTATION?
200
This is the lens that helps you see if there is a culture that is left out of a story/book/movie.
What is the RACE/CULTURAL LENS.
200
To find a theme, think about how the main character ____.
What is CHANGES.
200
The capital city in Rwanda - the setting of "Hotel Rwanda."
What is KIGALI?
(Also part of setting: 1994)
300
This is the bottom part of the bun when you sandwich a quote. It's where you discuss your quote in detail, saying something "smart" without being redundant.
What is the ANALYSIS?
300
A good source to use for your research would be a nationally recognized website, possibly ending in .org. This is a ____ source.
Wikipedia is not considered a ___ source.
What is CREDIBLE?
300
This is the lens that forces you to look at HOW something is written.
What is the FORMALIST LENS?
300
To find a theme, think about how the ____ is resolved.
What is CONFLICT.
300
The name for the panel symbols in a graphic novel that help show emotions; these can be lightning bolts, sweat drops, KRAK!POW!, etc.
What is EMANATA?
400
The main point of your paper, summed up in a single sentence. It appears as the very last sentence of your essay's Introduction.
What is the THESIS or THESIS STATEMENT.
400
This is an unfair preference for, or an unfair dislike of something.(You do not necessarily want to use a source that has this.)
What is BIAS?
400
This is the lens that causes you to see who has the MONEY and the POWER, and who doesn't.
What is the CLASS/ECONOMIC LENS?
400
This is a theme from "Swing Kids."
What is
"Even if you aren't physically killing people, remaining silent about it makes you equally at fault."
(Summed up from Arvid's last speech.)
400
Genocide starts because of this.
What is HATRED?
(I will also accept "racism," "discrimination," or "remaining silent")
500
Is this quote punctuated correctly? If not, what is wrong:
"All around me, it appeared to be a dance of death" (page 89).
No. There should not be the word "page" in parenthesis.
500
This term is a synonym of "appropriate." When searching for credible sources to research, you also want to focus on ____ articles that relate to your topic.
What is RELEVANT?
500
"Without many positive images of different ethnic groups in different action movies, the inaccurate stereotypes are reinforced." You realize this using which lens?
What is the RACE/CULTURAL LENS?
500
This is a theme from American Born Chinese.
What is
"No matter what you do to change yourself on the outside, you will always be the same person on the inside."
or
"It isn’t fair to be something you’re not because you’ll miss out on life when you’re trapped under that mountain."
500
According to his speech that is found at the end of the book Night, what did Elie Wiesel not lose after all?