What is the feelings associated with a word?
what is connotation
what are the three essential elements of a story?
CHARACTER,SETTING,PLOT
The attitude an author takes toward his subject
What is tone
The Illiad and the Odessey are dedicated to__________
who is Homer?
What do we need to do for the finals
what is to STUDY
What is the dictionary meaning of a word?
what is denotation
what is a myth
What is a story that explains origins or customs in the world.
A literary work that features a hero with superhuman abilities
what is epic poem
The Odessey is a/an _____
what is epic poem
what is another way of highlighting
what is annotating?
What is the connotation of winter?
cold,breezy,etc.
what are hints about what is coming later in the story
what is foreshadowing
Detectives in Togas takes place in ancient Rome. This is the_____________
what is setting
Rufus's mom bursted in tears when his son got arrested.We can infer that Rufus's mom is ___
what is sad,etc.
What is plot
what is what happens in a story?
What is the literal meaning of "save his own skin"?
He wants to prevent his own skin from something.
What a readers learns about a character through specific descriptions
what is direct characterization
An interruption in the main events of the story to tell about an earlier time
what is a flashback?
The Trojan war was a war between Troy and Greece that went on for 10 years.The Greek won the war at the end.This is an example of a _______
what is a summary
What is the climax from Detectives in Togas
what is discovering Tellus is Lukos... etc.
What are 2 examples of idioms from Detectives in Toga?
"Tear the sheep's clothing off the red wolf"
"save his own skin" etc.
The way an author wants you to feel
what is mood
What a reader infers about a character's behavior based on actions and thoughts.
what is indirect characterization?
Rufus's dad Praetonius won the battle against the Gauls which made Tellus blame the crime on Rufus.This is a example of_______________
What is cause and effect
What are the seven elements of plot
what is exposition,inciting force,complications,rising action,rising action,climax,falling action,and resolution?