Figurative Language
"The wind whispered things I didn’t want to hear."
What is Personification (giving human qualities to non-human things)?
True or False?
In 3rd Person Limited Point of View, the narrator is not a character in the story.
What is True?
The most exciting or intense moment in the story, often a turning point for the main character.
What is the climax?
If a question asks for a written response using the RACE strategy, you should include how many parts in your answer?
What is four (Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain)?
This is who knocks on the door as the family is leaving.
Who are the police?
"It felt like we’d been traveling forever."
What is Hyperbole (exaggeration for effect)?
True or False:
In Third Person Omniscient point of view, the narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
What is True?
This part of the story shows the results of the climax and begins to wrap up loose ends.
What is the falling action?
The first step in the RACE strategy where you turn the question into a statement to begin your response.
What is restate the question?
This is the reason the family in Hush has to leave their home.
What is Witness Protection?
"Silence is a loud, roaring thing."
What is Metaphor (direct comparison without like or as)?
Hush by Jacqueline Woodson is written in this Point of View.
What is 1st Person?
This part of the plot introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation.
What is the exposition?
This part comes after restating and directly gives a response to what the question is asking.
What is answer the question?
In Hush, this is Toswiah's new name.
Evie Thomas
"My name is Evie, like the evening."
What is Simile (comparison using like or as)?
This Point of View allows readers to closely experience a character's internal conflicts and transformation.
What is First Person?
This is the problem or struggle that drives the plot forward, often between characters, nature, or inner emotions.
What is the conflict?
In this step, you support your answer by pulling a quote or detail directly from the text.
What is cite evidence?
In Hush, the narrator's mother does this to symbolize her reaction to the move.
What is sitting silently or staring out the window?
"We walked wordless, watching."
What is Alliteration (repetition of initial consonant sounds)?
In 3rd Person Limited Point of view, how many characters does the narrator closely follow?
What is one?
In this part of the plot, the conflict builds through a series of events and complications.
What is the rising action?
Here, you explain how your evidence supports your answer or connects to the main idea.
What is explain your evidence?
In Hush, the changing of Toswiah's name signals the loss of her identity and the beginning of a new, unfamiliar life. What literary element is this loss?
What is symbolism?
"Like ghosts from a story nobody tells anymore."
What is Allusion (a reference to a well-known person, place, or event)?
The Point of View where the main character describes other characters externally, based on what the main character observes or interprets.
What is Third Person Limited?
Also known as the denouement, this part of the plot shows how the story ends and the conflict is resolved.
What is the resolution?
This step, sometimes added at the end of a strong RACE response, wraps up your paragraph and reminds the reader of your main idea.
What is a concluding sentence?
Cameron turned to this to help cope with the family's move.
What is religion?