This person dreamed of becoming a writer of romance novels
Who is Mary?
100
Main character of Fahrenheit 451
Who is Guy Montag?
100
Author of Fahrenheit 451
Who is Ray Bradbury?
100
The sequence of events in a narrative (or story)
What is plot?
100
Number of books required on the critical lens essay
What is 2?
200
Junior's full name
What is Arnold Spirit, Jr.?
200
Two main characters of Of Mice and Men
Who are George and Lennie?
200
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
Who is Tennessee Williams?
200
A struggle that a character experiences with another person, group, or other outside force
What is external conflict?
200
Number of full essays on the Regents exam
What is 1?
300
This person said to Junior, "You're going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation."
Who is Mr. P?
300
Representing goodness, this character is brutally killed in Lord of the Flies
Who is Simon?
300
Author of "Breaking and Entering"
Who is Sherman Alexie?
300
The reason for a character's actions
What is motivation?
300
This kind of statement, that summarizes the argument of the essay, comes at the end of the introduction.
What is a thesis statement?
400
The two schools that Junior attends in the book.
What are Wellpinit and Rearden?
400
This character must endure her husband's alcoholism, poverty, and the deaths of three children.
Who is Angela McCourt (from Angela's Ashes)?
400
Author of Kindred
Who is Octavia Butler?
400
The central idea explored in a work of literature
What is theme?
400
The highest score that you can earn on a critical lens essay
What is 6?
500
This object at Junior's reservation school signifies to Junior how poor the reservation really is
What is the textbook that his mother also used as a student?
500
This person said, "I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell truths. I tell what ought to be truth. "
Who is Blanche DuBois (from A Streetcar Named Desire)?
500
Author of Persepolis
Who is Marjane Satrapi?
500
A tangible thing, typically an object, that represents an idea
What is a symbol?
500
The highest score that you can earn on the critical lens essay if you do not discuss literary elements