Literary Terms
simile
use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot
foreshadowing
pocketbook
a purse
Frenchie oh wewe gee in September
Victor
And what do you know—Chopin’s waltzes just spring out of her fingertips and she’s the most surprised thing in the world. A regular ___________________. I could kill people like that.
repetition of the first letter sound: Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.
alliteration
the title Raymond's Run is an example of?
alliteration
rowdy, loud, disorderly
raucous
And next time, do not make the mistake of latching onto my pocketbook nor nobody else's- because shoes come by devilish like that will burn your feet.
Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
...as he turned at the ____________ stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door. This word means desolate.
barren
dialect
First person narration happens when...
a character in the story is the narrator
a firmly held belief or opinion
conviction
Why hadn't she invited me? My feet were too big? No. Maybe my face was broken out?
narrator of "The Party"
They shood hands, ______, and jerked their heads at one another in a saludo de vato. This word means a Mexican-American style greeting"
raza style
comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use like or as
Roger changes in the story from the beginning to the end. What type of character is he?
dynamic
This word means "fake"
“You got anything to say to my brother, you say it to me, Mary Louise Williams of Raggedy Town, Baltimore.”
Squeaky
At lunch he spoke ________ to his father, spilled his baby sisters milk, and remarked that his teacher said we were not to take the name of the Lord in vain. This word means: boldly rude or disrespectful.
insolently
what happens is very different than what the reader expects
situational irony
When a character struggles internally with a conflict it is an example of?
Person Vs ________
self
done in a quiet or secretive way
furtive
Bound to be people like Charles in the world. Might as well meet them now as later.
Laurie's dad
Thankfully, the bell rang and I hurried toward English. when I passed the cafeteria, the _____ lunch smells followed me, and I felt nauseous by the time I reached class. This word means occurring or likely to occur soon.
impending