Merchant of Venice
I hate him for he is a Christian,
Shylock
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
simile
The friend who tells Ponyboy to “Stay gold.”
14-year-old dumpsite boy who tells part of the story and finds the leather bag.
Raphael
Point of View storytelling that uses "I"
First Person
I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.
Shylock
A line that runs on without a pause into the next line.
Enjambment
Greaser who brandishes an unloaded gun at police and is shot dead.
Dally
Name of the vast rubbish mountain where the boys live.
Behala
A paragraph in a poem
Stanza
I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano,
A stage where every man must play a part,
And mine a sad one.
Antonio
Exaggeration
Hyperbole
The town Johnny and Ponyboy hide in after Johnny kills Bob
Windrixville
Besides some pesos, this object in the bag is the key to the mystery—literally.
Locker Key
Point of View storytelling that uses the word "you" e.g. you walked the dog
I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.
Bassanio
Sonnet
Poem Ponyboy recites that inspires the line “Stay gold.”
"Nothing Gold can Stay" by Robert Frost
Volunteer teacher who helps the boys decode José Angelico’s letter
Sister Olivia
A figure of speech that pairs apparently contradictory terms, e.g. “sweet sorrow.”
Oxymoron
The quality of mercy is not strained,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath.
Portia
Spell the correct term for a phrase/word that is a sound e.g. bang, buzz
O N O M A T O P O E I A
The book that Pony reads to Johnny in the Church
Gone with the Wind
The name of Jose Angelico's daughter
Pia Dante
What are the six stages of storytelling that starts with EXPOSITION (The pyramid)
Exposition – Inciting Incident – Rising Action – Climax – Falling Action – Resolution