Unit Themes
The person who won the holiday meme contest
Jada/Braden/No one
This public protagonist had a dream one day his..."four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
MLK
Comparing two things that are not alike in an effort to tell us something about one of the things (without the words like or as)
Metaphor
skeptical or questionable (unit 2)
dubious
Someone who is very well-known and makes progress that affects lots of other people
Public protagonist
This public protagonist stood up for women's voting rights...
Susan B. Anthony
An exaggeration used to make a point
hyperbole
determined by chance, whim, or impulse (unit 2)
arbitrary
Someone who is lesser-known and makes progress that affects themselves or the direct people around them
Private protagonist
This private protagonist helped shave his father's face in an effort to comfort him...
Barry
naming an action by imitating the sound that is associated with it
onomatopoeia
highly elaborate or ornate (unit 3)
flamboyant
In unit one, you created "Life is a Stage" drawings inspired by this person's famous poem/quote? (Hint: there are three acceptable answers)
William Shakespeare
Walt Whitman
Edgar Allan Poe
This private protagonist is a survivor of the Holocaust and believes that in life there is a big difference between problems and inconveniences....
Sigmund Wollman
a slang expression used by a specific group of people
idiom
hidden or disguised; secret (unit 3)
covert
The opposite of a protagonist is...
(Hint: We haven't learned this yet, but we will when we get back from break. You may know this word from some other context. The word is also in the unit 7 title.)
Antagonist
This public protagonist it the feature of Mrs. K's public protagonist example slide in the class activity slideshow...
Toni Morrison
when an object with its own meaning is representing something else...
symbol
art of using language persuasively or effectively (unit 1)