Literary Terms
Comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
She is Victor Frankenstein's adopted sister turned wife.
Elizabeth
One makes terrible decisions when all alone.
Isolation
The child goes into a trance and is able to pick out the winning race horse.
"The Rocking Horse Winner"
This is the true killer of William, Justine, Henry and Elizabeth.
Victor Frankenstein
Frank fights fires while eating frankfurters.
What is alliteration?
This is created from a mix of spare parts by a driven scientist
The Creature
This theme focuses on the power of nature and how it interacts with humanity.
Romanticism and Nature
The title of this story is symbolic of the plot as it means, "to overturn or disrupt".
"An Upheaval"
She held all the power after the search ended in her story. She showed this through a lack of discussing the issue with Nikolai.
Mashenka
The central, or deeper, meaning of the text.
What is theme?
Frankenstein's story is written down, and thus told, by this ship captain.
Those who quickly rise tend to fall just as quickly.
Ambition and Fallibility.
In an ironic twist, a pig falls on, and kills, the father of a young boy.
"A Shocking Accident"
This college preparation exam utilizes many different strategies to do well.
ACT
The reflection of the writer's attitude toward the subject matter or audience.
Tone
Her father is the cause of the DeLacy Family's misfortunes.
Saffie/The Arabian
"I hate you because you are different".
Prejudice
An unethical search is conducted in the room of a governess for no other reason than, "she's the help".
"An Upheaval"
This style of writing is often more challenging to read as the reader must interpret both words and images in a specific order.
Graphic Novels
Emotional response evoked in the reader or audience.
Mood
This is what the creature has named himself by the end of the novel.
Nothing
"You kick my dog, now I will kick you!"
Revenge
The circle of life continues in this story of a son attempting to care for his father in this story.
What is "A Devoted Son"
This course is essentially ELA 4 "cranked up to 11"
AP Lit