Conflict
Characterization
Story Questions
Theme
Vocabulary
100
On the Jerry Springer Show, a girl engages in a physical altercation with another girl because they both want to be with the same man.
What is man vs. man?
100
When an author tells us explicitly what a character is like (ex. "Jonathan Jaco is a shy boy who wears skinny jeans and lets his hair hang in his eyes.")
What is direct characterization?
100
George and Harrison Bergeron wear these so that they will not be any better than anyone else in their society
What are handicaps?
100
This is a one word description of what a story is about
What is subject/topic?
100
Small pellets designed for shooting birds (n.)
What is birdshot?
200
A student debates whether or not he should complete his blog entry for Ms. Orlowsky's class
What is man vs. self?
200
When an author shows the reader what a character is like through his/her actions (ex: "Jonathan Jaco reported to class without saying a word to anyone. As the teacher called attendance, he allowed one eye to peek out from under his thick bangs.)
What is indirect characterization?
200
The name of the Handicapper General of the United States of America in "Harrison Bergeron"
What is Diana Moon Glampers?
200
"The message" of a story is often called this
What is the theme?
200
People who roam around in search of loot or goods to steal (n.)
What are marauders?
300
A student contracts the flu and is unable to report to school
What is man vs. nature?
300
A character who undergoes a major change and has a fully developed personality (ex. Walter White)
What is a round/complex/dynamic character?
300
This is what Ulrich and Georg decide to do before ultimately being slaughtered by wolves.
What is become friends?
300
This other literary element (the problem and the solution of a story) can help us to determine what the theme is
What is the conflict?
300
Showing religious devotion (adj.)
What is pious?
400
A student cannot remember his Gmail password and his blog entry for Ms. Orlowsky's class is due in 20 minutes!
What is man vs. technology?
400
A character who does not undergo a major transformation and whose qualities are usually limited to one dominant quality (ex. Trix Rabbit)
What is a flat/static character?
400
This is what fueled the feud between Ulrich's family and Georg's family
What is lawsuit/land?
400
We state the theme of a story in this form
What is a sentence or statement?
400
Utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched (adj.)
What is abject?
500
The people of England burned Joan of Arc at the stake for allegedly committing heresy
What is man vs. society?
500
DAILY DOUBLE! These are the two major types of character traits we have discussed in class.
What are physical traits and personality traits?
500
This is what Mme. Loisel's husband does in order to help her replace Mme. Forestier's missing necklace
What is spend his inheritance/make deals with loan sharks/take a job as a bookkeeper?
500
Themes that deal with basic human concerns such as love, loss, life, and death are called this
What is universal?
500
Moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance (adj.)
What is petulant?
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