Literary Terms
What is setting?
Time, place, atmosphere
What is a text to text connection?
Relating something you've read/seen to something else you've read/seen
What does RACES stand for?
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summarize
What is segregation?
Separation of people
What is a simile?
Comparing 2 things using 'like' or 'as'
What is theme?
A lesson/message we can apply to our lives
What 5 things do we use to help visualize what we're reading?
Sight, touch, hearing, smell, taste
What format does Ms. Hall always ask you to use when writing your good copies?
Times New Roman, 12 font, double spaced
Which war involved the fight over whether slavery would end in the US?
Civil War (1861-1865)
What is parallelism?
Lines having the same rhyme, words, phrases, syllables
What is foreshadowing?
A hint about what is going to happen in the future
What are 2 types of questions we can ask?
Surface level (who, what, where, when)
Deeper level (why, how)
What is the main goal of the 'C' (Cite) step?
To prove your answer
What was enacted to enforce segregation after slavery ended?
Jim Crow Laws
What is a metaphor?
What is situational irony?
Something happening that is the opposite of what we expect to happen
Summarize The Lift (7) Monkey's Paw (8).
The Lift - 2 friends go to a resort to snowboard where a previous snowboarder named Bobby Miller died. The boys are warned to come back to the resort before dark, but Dylan doesn't listen. When Dylan goes on the ski lift, he thinks it's Adam, but it is Bobby Miller instead.
Monkey's Paw - The White family gets a knock on their door by Sergeant Major Morris who introduces them to a monkey paw. The paw had a spell casted on it where it could grant 3 wishes. Tempting fate, Mr. White wishes for 200 euros. His son, Herbert, then dies in a fatal accident at work the following day, and the White family is offered 200 euros as compensation. Struggling with her grief, Mrs. White wishes for her son back, resulting in a mangled Herbert knocking at their door in the end.
TRUE OR FALSE: (Author first name #.) Is the correct way to cite your evidence.
FALSE: (Author last name #).
What happened during The Great Migration?
Black Americans moved from the South to the North for better jobs and opportunities
Give me an example of a metaphor.
Life IS a rollercoaster
Life IS a box of chocolates
What are the 4 types of conflict?
Person v self
Person v person
Person v nature/environment
Person v society
"The character's fear of the dark reminds me of how I felt when the power went out last summer" is an example of which type of connection?
Text to self (relating the story to yourself)
TRUE OR FALSE: "This is important because...." is a good way to start your restatement.
FALSE: Replace "this" with what the question is specifically asking
What was one major victory that came out of the Civil Rights Movement?
segregation became illegal, Black Americans could vote, housing discrimination became illegal
"The brain is like a muscle—the more you use it, the stronger it gets" is an example of a simile, metaphor, or analogy?
Analogy - it has a simile, and then explains the comparison more