Words of the Week
The act of restraining or the state of being restrained
What is Restraint
The nickman of the Japanese guard that tormented Louie Zamperini
The Bird
What is the Declaration of Independence.
The events that occur in a story
What is a plot
Literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound and rhythm.
What is Poetry
To deal with successfully or clear up
What is Resolve
The name of the plane that Louie Zamperini was on that crashed into the ocean?
The Green Hornet
The year that the American Colonies declared their independence from Great Britain.
What is 1776
When and where a story takes place
What is the setting
Is the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line of poetry.
What is a Rhyme Scheme.
The returning of like for like; to get revenge
What is Retaliate
Louise's nickname in high school?
What is the Torrance Tornado?
This act occurred on the night of Dec 16th, 1773 and resulted in King George issuing the Intolerable Acts
What is the Boston Tea Party
The author's voice or attitude about what he or she writes.
What is Tone
The repetition of the same letter sound across the start of several words in a line of text.
What is Alliteration
A subtle distinction or variation
What is Nuance
The private university that that Louie attends in Southern California.
What is USC
A street brawl that occured on March 5, 1770 that lead to the killing five and the wounding of six colonists
What is the Boston Massacre
One of the three types of irony. It is where something happens that is very different to what was expected.
What is Situational Irony
A type of rhyme scheme in a poem in which every line uses the same rhyme scheme.
What is Monorhyme
To direct something towards the interests of a particular group or to set right by adjusting to facts or principles.
What is Orient
The year of the Olympic Games that Louie participated in and ran the 5000 meters and also featured Jesse Owens.
What is 1936
The founding father who was a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer and publisher. He invented eyeglasses and the first fire department.
Who is Benjamin Franklin
One of the three types of irony. It occurs when the audience knows something that the characters don't.
What is Dramatic Irony
The continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break.
What is Enjambment
To make slow or difficult the progress, to hold back, prevent.
What is Hinder
What is Kwajalein
The leader of the Sons of Liberty.
Who is Samuel Adams
The way an author uses language to write a story
What is Style
They are considered the 5 most important elements of Poetry.
What is Imagery, Rhythm, Sound, Density, and Line