Lit Terms Pt. 1
Define "static character"
A character who does not undergo any type of change throughout a story
Provide the term that goes along with this definition:
traits, characteristics, and mannerisms supposedly shared by all members of a group
Stereotype
Who is the author of "Harrison Bergeron" ?
*both first and last names to receive points
Kurt Vonnegut
When identifying sentence parts during DGP practice, you underline the subject how many times?
once
CM in SCHAFFER refers to...
Commentary
When does the catastrophe of a story take place?
At the end
The mood of a story is associated with how the _______ feels.
Reader
What is considered the climax/turning point in the story "Harrison Bergeron" ?
When Harrison appears on TV, claims that he is the emperor, and takes off his handicaps
a, an, the are called _______ adjectives
article
True or False: SCHAFFER structure is used to organize introduction and conclusion paragraphs in an essay.
False
The following scenario describes which type of irony?
Jing-mei’s mother believes she can make her daughter a prodigy through piano lessons and strict control. Despite her mother’s efforts, Jing-mei fails the piano recital and ultimately rejects her mother’s expectations, which is the opposite of what the mother intended.
Situational Irony- reversal of expectation
SNL, The Simpsons, and Teen Titans Go all mimic something recognizable and exaggerate it to create humor, which makes them classic examples of ____.
Parodies
List the antagonists of all three of our short stories
(must get all three correct to receive the points)
The students are interviewing their parents for a project.
are interviewing their parents for a project
*includes everything that is not the subject
Where does the header appear on a document, AND what information appears in this section?
*must answer both correct to receive full points- be specific
upper right
Student's last name & #
Biblical Allusion appears in which two of our short stories?
"Harrison Bergeron" and "Lamb to the Slaughter"
"small crowd" is an example of which literary term?
Oxymoron
Name a secondary character from "Lamb to the Slaughter" *must provide name
Jack Noonan or Sam the Grocer
When diagramming a sentence, prepositions such as "to, with, and from" appears on what kind of a line?
slanted/diagonal
List the MLA heading information in the correct order
Your Name
Teacher's Name
Class
Date
With your group, create a theme statement for the story "Lamb to the Slaughter"
Must follow our theme statement rules
1) complete sentence
2) no mention of specific names/title
3)avoids absolutes (always, never,all)
Explain the difference between personification and anthropomorphism.
Personification: You don’t actually believe the object can think or act; it’s just a figure of speech. - associated with objects or ideas
Anthropomorphism: Associated with animals, where animals talk, walk, behave like humans
What is a theme concept shared by all three stories?
The tension between individuality and external expectations or pressures.
Provide an example of an indefinite pronoun
someone, anyone, everyone, nobody, anything, everything, each, few, many, all
In MLA, this punctuation style is used to indicate the source of a quotation or paraphrase
Parenthetical Citation