Lit Terms
The author's attitude toward the subject
What is tone?
weathy, old-money Golden Girl
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
A term for the 1920's
What is wrong with this sentence?
Jenny loves playing the saxophone and to read about ancient China.
What is parallel structure? (Jenny loves playing the saxophone and reading about ancient China.)
A symbol for nurturing hopes and dreams in A Raisin in the Sun.
What is Mama's plant?
A word or phrase that signals a change or shows a relationship between ideas.
What is a transition?
Refuses to sign a witchcraft confession and gives up his life.
Who is John Protor?
The term for the "witchhunt" for communists that took place in the 1950's. The Crucible is an allegory for this.
What is the Red Scare or McCarthyism?
What is wrong with this sentence?
Young children are eager to learn computer skills, many parents do not have the time or knowledge to teach them.
Run-on sentence
Young children are eager to learn computer skills, BUTmany parents do not have the time or knowledge to teach them.
A symbol for reaching for a dream in The Great Gatsby.
The idea that America holds opportunities for all people who work for it.
What is The American Dream?
Changes from a man who values money to a man who values dignity for his family.
Who is Walter Younger?
Time and place setting of A Raisin in the Sun.
What is late 1950's in Chicago?
What is wrong with this sentence?
Combining a car and an airplane into one vehicle for many inventors was a long-time dream.
Misplaced Modifier
Combining a car and an airplane into one vehicle was a long time dream for many inventors.
A theme in A Raisin in the Sun
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A character that changes ina significant way throughout the story.
What is a dynamic character?
First person narrator who values honesty and tolerance of others.
Who is Nick Carraway
A group of people who settled in New England and established a theocracy (government based on religion).
Who are the Puritans?
What is wrong with this sentence?
Everyone in this family has their own special talent.
Pronoun/Antecedent agreement
Everyone in this family has his or her own special talent.
A theme in The Great Gatsby (stated as a sentence)
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The lesson or idea about life or human nature implied by a work of literature.
What is theme?
Static character who values his reputation and his position as pastor.
Who is Reverend Parris?
Time and place setting of Frederick Douglass' autobiography.
What is the mid 1800's in the American South before the abolition of slavery.
What is wrong with this sentence?
Either traditional methods or computer techniques is used for coloring frames.
Either traditional methods or computer techniques ARE used for coloring frames.
Theme of The Crucible
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