Literary Terms
What is a protagonist? Give an example
The leading character - that you are rooting for (Esperanza, Harry Potter, Cinderella)
What type of sentence is this?
"I am so very, very tired."
Subject: I
Verb: Am
"You are a flower."
Metaphor - Comparison of two things
What are the names of the "chapters"?
Vignettes
I am going to sleep "under the table".
Prepositional
What is an antagonist? Give an example.
The "opponent" of the main character. (Voldemort, The Grouch, General Zaroff)
Place the comma in the sentence.
"After my LA 9 final I will cry because I am so sad to leave this class."
After my LA 9 final,
"He was like a buzzing bee."
Similie
Who is the narrator?
Esperanza
Oatmeal chocolate chip, the best kind of cookie, is sold out at Potbelly's.
Appositive
What is foreshadowing?
Moments that preview to/allude to a certain ending.
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Place the comma in the sentence.
"And so I thought to myself 'Why not get the expensive popular shoes?'."
And so I thought to myself, 'Why not get the expensive, popular shoes?'."
I feel like I have won a golden ticket!
Allusion
Who is a dynamic character?
Napping is my favorite sport.
Gerund
What is a setting? Describe one from something we have read this semester.
Should have: at least two independent clauses and a dependent.
"Boom!" "Crash!" "Clang!"
Onomatopoeia
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Create an in-text citation for House on Mango.
(Cisneros 9).
I want to run the world.
Infinitive
What is a theme? Provide one example from this semester.
A theme is a lesson learned from a story. (EX: The Wise Old Woman - If all types of people learn to work together, diverse voices lead to better solutions.)
"After vandalizing the Christmas Tree, the cat felt satisfied."
Complex
The tree waved kindly in the wind.
Personification
What is a possible theme?
(Many answers!)
Create a sentence with a participle phrase.
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