Must Haves
Must be a universal idea; must be a complete sentence.
What is theme?
Woody in Toy Story
What is protagonist?
This poetic rapper wrote lyrics using many examples of assonance such as, "I see no changes, all I see is racist faces. Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races."
Who is Tupac Shakur?
I want a beefy bagel with butter.
What is alliteration?
These two terms are commonly confused, but are also some of the most commonly used figurative language used for comparison.
What are simile and metaphor?
Must be at the beginning of a story.
What is exposition?
The setting of this movie franchise takes place in Woodsboro, California and will have you yelling for help!
What is Scream?
The Backstreet Boys and N*Sync, the two most popular "boy bands" of the 90s, competed for top popularity with fans. This relationship shows:
What is external conflict?
Take your fake face away from me.
What is assonance?
Some papers, magazines, and even television shows, introduce a new angle to the news and bring stories alive by adding a humorous or sarcastic spin to an event.
What is satire?
Must contain a figurative meaning, not a literal one.
What is idiom?
Ferris Bueller's Day Off stars Matthew Broderick as the school-skipping protagonist exploring Chicago. In which point of view is Ferris speaking when he turns to the camera and says: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around once in awhile, you could miss it."
What is second person point of view?
Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet) fell in love on the Titanic. She gave him her heart as they sailed the ocean. He painted her portrait as she wore only a giant diamond, nicknamed "The Heart of the Ocean", and the 100 year old Rose threw the necklace in the Atlantic at the end of the movie. This is an example of:
What is motif?
You better be nice, or he'll give you a taste of your own medicine.
What is idiom?
The author's way of informing readers about their characters, whether by showing or telling.
What is characterization? (direct and indirect)
Must contain some details that appeal at least one of the five senses.
What is imagery?
A film director successfully creates this, when he has the audience on the edge of their seats, tears in their eyes, or any other emotion in the movie's viewers.
What is mood?
When Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, otherwise known as Bill and Ted, travel back in time to have an excellent adventure with Joan of Ark, Beethoven, Genghis Khan, Billy the Kid, Socrates, and Abraham Lincoln, they experienced a real life example of this literary term.
What is allusion?
“Exhaustion is a thin blanket tattered with bullet holes.” ―If Then, Matthew De Abaitua
What is metaphor?
This term brings attention to something or emphasizes a point through overstatement.
What is hyperbole?
Must have repeated consonant sounds, but not at the beginning of a word.
What is consonance?
In The Lord of the Rings, Gollum is desperate for Frodo to hand over the precious ring and tries every tactic he can think of to get him to do so.
What is rhetoric?
On Alanis Morrisette's album, Jagged Little Pill, she sings of a man who won the lottery at age 98 and died the next day, a man who never flew, finally decided to take a flight, and then the plane crashed, and a death row pardon two minutes after the execution.
What is irony?
"I came, I saw, I conquered." - Julius Caesar
What is parallelism?
Every single text, no matter what style, length, or genre - whether poetry or prose - uses this element.
What is diction?