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The author of The Glass Castle.
Who is Jeanette Walls.
100
Writing for a period of time without stopping or self correcting in order to discover ideas.
What is freewriting.
100
An enemy or rival.
What is an adversary.
100
The actions, descriptions, dialogue, and thoughts that reveal a characters personality.
What is characterization.
100
A struggle that takes place inside a character.
What is internal conflict.
200
Walter Younger's son in the play A Raisin in the Sun.
Who is Travis.
200
Writing that breaks down a passage and explains what it means.
What is analysis.
200
An adjective describing something as destructive or harmful.
What is pernicious.
200
The highest point of tension or conflict in a story.
What is the climax.
200
Writing that tells the story of a moment or moments in a specific time and place.
What is a narrative scene.
300
Romeo's best friend, the one that gets killed.
Who is Mercutio.
300
The idea that paragraph should be clearly focused on a single topic or idea.
What is unity.
300
An adjective describing something as ruined, neglected, or run down.
What is dilapidated.
300
A character with multiple conflicting struggles, traits, and motivations.
What is a complex character.
300
The city where Shakespeare's Romeo and juliet takes place.
What is Verona.
400
The author of Of Mice and Men.
Who is John Steinbeck.
400
The quality of a well written paragraph that allows one sentence and idea to flow naturally into the next.
What is coherence.
400
An adjective describing someone as quick to fight or aggressive.
What is pugnacious.
400
An object, action, character, or place that represents an abstract idea or emotion.
What is a symbol.
400
A feeling of hopelessness or depression.
What is despair.
500
The black "stable buck" who lives alone in the novel Of Mice and Men.
Who is Crooks.
500
A sentence that makes a claim to be developed and supported in the rest of an essay.
What is a thesis statement.
500
An adjective describing something as useless or hopeless.
What is futile.
500
A long speech given by a character on stage, revealing his or her thoughts, conflicts, or beliefs.
What is a soliloquy?
500
The implied, suggested, or metaphorical meaning that extends beyond what the text says.
What is figurative meaning.
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