What is Imagery? How does the author create imagery?
Imagery = the picture the author paints in your mind
Using descriptive language & five senses
100
In the Amigo Brothers, are Felix and Antonio ROUND or FLAT characters? Why?
Round because we know a lot about them
100
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Simile compares two things using like or as
Metaphor compares two things NOT using like or as
100
Which class is your FAVORITE?!
LANGUAGE ARTS.....duh.
200
Name each part of the PLOT and what happens at each part.
exposition - characters and setting
initiating event- introduced to the conflict
rising action - problem builds
Climax - turning point
falling action - problem starts to be solved
Resolution- how the story ends
200
"Her face was as pale as paper" - Change this simile into a metaphor.
Her face was paper.
200
In Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry (or Bud not Buddy) What is the CONFLICT? How do you know?
Roll of Thunder = Individual vs. society
200
What is the difference between an internal conflict and an external conflict?
Internal = problem happens in the character's mind
External = problem happens with an outside force
200
What is a TOPIC SENTENCE?
A sentence that comes in the beginning a paragraph that tells you what the whole paragraph is going to be about.
300
What is a static and a dynamic character?
static = stays the same
Dynamic = changes
300
"Sarah's heart cried as he left the room" - This is an example of...
Personification
300
Give an example of a THEME from one of the texts we have read this year.
(Must be a lesson learned)
300
What is the difference between the initiating event and the climax?
The initiating event comes in the beginning of the story and it's the first time we are introduced to the conflict.
The climax is the turning point of the story the part that everything builds to.
300
When trying to figure out PLOT, which parts should you find first to make it easier (Ms. Foley's trick)
Initiating event and climax, then it is easier to fill in the rising action etc.
400
What is author's purpose. What are the three types of purposes. Give examples for each.
The reason the author wrote something.
To inform
To entertain
To persuade
400
"I felt as if I could sleep for eternity" - is an example of
Hyperbole
400
What is the point of view in amigo brothers? How do you know?
3rd person omniscient because we hear all the character's thoughts and it is told from a "stalker's" perspective.
400
What is the difference between MOOD and TONE?
Tone = how the author feels/their attitude towards what they're writing about
Mood= how the reader feels
400
Why do author's use figurative language? (2 reasons)
1. To be descriptive and create imagery
2. To help the reader understand by comparing it to something they know
500
Explain the different points of view. Give examples of each.
1st person = a character tells the story
3rd person limited = a stalker tell the story and knows 1 persons thoughts
3rd person omniscient = a stalker tells the story and knows everyones thoughts
500
What is the difference between Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance?
Alliteration = repeats in the front
Assonance = repeats vowel sounds in the middle/end of word
Consonance = repeats consonant sounds in middle/end of word
500
Give an example of each type of CONFLICT (you can use texts we have read, movies, or made up scenarios).
Answers will vary
500
What is the difference between connotation and denotation? Give an example of each.
Connotation = feeling of the word - positive, negative or neutral
Denotation = the dictionary definition
500
What is SYMBOLISM?
When the author uses an object to represent something else.