Literary Terms I
Plot
What is the sequence of events in a literary work?
Personification
What is giving an intimate object human-like qualities?
Johnny's last words
What was, "Stay Gold, Ponyboy"?
The middle child in the Curtis family
Who was Sodapop?
True/False; The narrator was in a Mexican family
True
Repitition
What is repeating the use of sounds, words, or ideas for an effect of emphasis?
Setting
What is the time and place of a story?
Soda's job
What is working at the gas station?
Soda's girlfriend
Who was Sandy?
The amount of brothers the narrator had
Third person narrator
What is a narrator outside of the action who tells the story from his/her viewpoint?
First person narrative
What is a narrator, referred to as "I," who is a character in the story and relates to the action through his or her own perspective, also revealing his/her thoughts?
The Curtis's parents die because of this
What is a car wreck?
The place that Dally was from
Where was New York City?
The narrator's major in college
What was English?
Verbal irony
What is a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant (sarcasm)?
External conflict
What is a struggle between a character and an outside force?
Th reason why Sandy moved to Florida
What was that shes pregnant?
The place where the church was
Where was Jay Mountain?
The reason the narrator's father said that she should go to college
Tone
What is the attitude a writer take towards the audience, subject, or character?
Style
What is the choice a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features in a literary work?
The name of Soda's old horse
Who was Mickey Mouse?
The book that pony and Johnny read to pass time in the church
What was Gone With the Wind?
Narrator/author's name
Who was Sandra?