Literary Terms
In literature, this is another word for a struggle.
What is conflict?
Ms. Leah grew up in this state.
What is Colorado?
"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury is about a ___________ effect, which means when a small action has large repercussions (or consequences) down the line.
What is the butterfly effect?
"bougie" is short for this word that refers to someone owning property or being middle class.
What is bourgeoisie?
What is the real name of the iconic, green-clad hero who rescues Princess Zelda in the famous video game franchise?
Who is Link?
This is a bad guy in a story.
What is an antagonist?
Mr. Arthur went to this HTH school.
What is O.G.?
"Examination Day" by Henry Slesar is about taking a test. This test is known as an I.Q. test which is short for this____________ _______________.
What is intelligence quotient?
(Think of the word "disembody."
What is "not"
Disembody = not in a body
What animated sitcom is the longest-running scripted American tv show in history?
This is a word for a category for type of story. For example, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and drama are examples for this.
What is genre?
Ms. Leah has appeared on this famous t.v. show before.
What is the Oprah Winfrey Show?
In "Presence" by Ken Liu, the protagonist does this caretaking act twice (once for his mother via a robot and once in real life with his daughter.)
What is clipping someone's fingernails.
Someone who goes away from a norm is this. (We've had this word on a vocab list.)
What is a deviant? or What is to deviate?
Which state elected its first Democratic U.S. senator since 1932 in the 2026 midterms? Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, South Carolina?
What is Kansas?
This is when the opposite outcome from what you expect happens. A person who writes books about happiness who is really sad is an example of this.
What is irony?
Mr. Arthur went to this college.
What is UCSD?
In "The Last Dog" Brock pretends his dog Brog has bitten him and given him this disease: __________________
What is rabies?
This word (also a literary term) means the way an author develops and reveals a character’s personality, thoughts, feelings, actions, and motivations in a story.
What is characterization?
What was the first feature-length animated movie produced by the Walt Disney animation studio?
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarves?
This is when we get hints of something that is going to happen. Example: "I have a bad feeling about this.."
What is foreshadowing.
This is the name of the book that Ms. Leah wrote.
What is Lost Girl Found?
What narrative point of view is "The Wife's Story" told from?
(Remember that point of view can be first person, second person, or third person).
What is first person? (It is told from the wife's perspective.)
What does the prefix "ambi" mean in ambivalent or ambidexterous?
What is both or both sides?
Which vast nation in South America is the largest country on the continent by land area?
What is Brazil?