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Elements of Fiction
100
feeling an emotion along with another person
Empathy
100
to put off something that needs to be done until later without a good reason.
Procrastinate
100
Moby Dic
Herman Mellville
100
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
100
The place and time that a piece of fiction takes place
Setting
200
wise when dealing with money
Frugal
200
honesty, decency, the act of behaving with morals
Integrity
200
Because I Could not Stop for Death
Emily Dickenson
200
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
200
When something more concrete takes the place of an idea
Symbolism
300
Assiduous
Hard working; diligent
300
acting without thought to the consequences, on the spur of the moment
Impetuous
300
The Cruicible
Arthur Miller
300
The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams
300
Name three of the types of conflict.
Man vs Man Man vs Nature Man vs Society Man vs Himslef
400
a windy, twisty path; roundabout way
Circuitous
400
trust and admiration among friends or teammates
Comaraderie
400
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
400
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
400
What is dramatic irony?
The difference between what the reader knows and what the characters know.
500
secret, without someone's knowledge
surreptitious
500
constantly changing, fleeting,temporary
Transient
500
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
500
Catch 22
Joseph Heller
500
What is Theme?
The central idea of a literary work usually summed up into one sentence and making reference to the human condition.