Narrative
When 2 or more characters are speaking/having a conversation in a story.
What is dialogue?
Junior's best friend in Part-Time Indian.
Who is Rowdy?
The writer's position: the point they are trying to make.
What is a thesis/claim?
The concept we have discussed all year long.
What is justice?
Ms. M's favorite hobby.
What is reading?
The most dramatic and important part of the story.
What is the climax?
The main idea or lesson of a story.
What is theme?
Statistics, facts, quotations, surveys, etc., that help prove reasoning.
What is evidence?
The type of judge you were for the Benson case.
What is appellate court judge?
The number of years Ms. M has been teaching high school/middle school.
What is four?
Taste, touch, sound, smell, and sight; these 5 characteristics make up this narrative technique.
What is imagery?
The people who died in Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
Who is Mary (Junior's sister), Eugene (Junior's Dad's best friend), Junior's grandmother?
The opposing viewpoint of an argument.
What is a counterargument?
The five rights protected by the First Amendment.
What is the freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and right to petition the government.
The Hogwarts house Ms. M belongs to.
What is Ravenclaw?
Where and when a story takes place.
What is setting?
The nerdy white kid that Junior meets in Reardan.
Who is Gordy?
The reason why Jem broke his arm in To Kill a Mockingbird.
What is Bob Ewell attacked him (and was then killed by Boo Radley).
The name of all five books we read this year.
What is Brown Girl Dreaming, Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, My Family Divided, and To Kill a Mockingbird.
The state Ms. M lived in before Washington.
What is Missouri?
Metaphore/simile, onomatopoeia, personification, and imagery.
What are examples of literary devices?
The real-life reservation Junior lived on in Part-Time Indian that is located in Spokane, Washington. Author Sherman Alexie also grew up here.
What is the Wellpinit Indian Reservation?
The definition of past precedent.
What is a prior court decision that serves as an example for judges to follow in future cases with similar issues or facts?
The purpose of continuity in laws and court cases.
What is ensuring predictability and stability?
Ms. McLaughlin's cat's names.
Who is Poe and Belle?