Essay Skills
What information goes in an MLA in-text citation for a poem?
Author's last name + line number(s)
Josef is trying to get to Cuba from where?
Germany
Name the literary device: Outside, the bells could be heard ringing: "ding-dong, ding-dong"
onomatopoeia (or sound imagery)
What is genre name for all true texts?
Non-fiction
When is the first day of Hanukkah?
December 14th
What should the last sentence of any essay introduction be?
Thesis or Claim
What year did Mahmoud's story take place?
2015
Name the literary device: The warmth of the cocoa was as comforting as a hug from a loved one.
Simile
How should novel titles be formatted when typing? Capitalize major words and ________ the whole title.
Italicize
Are the Hanukkah candles added to the menorah from right to left or left to right?
Right to left
If you are quoting a sentence that ends in a period, what does the period become?
A comma
Who was given up/lost in Mahmoud's story?
Hana
metaphor
What is another word for a story? This was our focus in first quarter!
Narrative
Latkes, or potato pancakes, are a traditional food served at Hanukkah. Before latkes were made of potatoes, what were they primarily made of?
Cheese! Yum
When should you NOT put the author's last name in the MLA in-text citation?
When you previously quoted that same author for your last piece of evidence
Who is president of Cuba during the novel?
Fidel Castro
Name at least five literary devices or literary elements.
Answers vary: Metaphor, Simile, Analogy, Imagery, Symbolism, Point of View, Conflict, Character, Plot, Personification, Hyperbole, Irony, Juxtaposition, Paradox, Allusion, Allegory, Et Cetera
In Charles Dickens’s classic book A Christmas Carol, what is Scrooge’s first name?
Ebenezer
List four analysis verbs you can use to strengthen your reasoning instead of the word "shows"
What musical term does Isabel finally learn to count?
clave
Name the device: The icicles transformed the house into a glittering palace.
metaphor
Correctly spell the word for the device that means a sound word, such as "Boom!" It starts with an "o".
onomatopoeia
What 1988 action movie takes place on Christmas Eve?
Die Hard