Literary Terms
Choices a writer makes about word choice, sentence structure, and details to convey meaning and produce a desired effect
What is author's craft?
These are written in first person and tell a real memory.
What are memoirs?
Flowers for Algernon is told in this point of view.
What is first person?
What is conjunctions?
The day vacation begins.
What is this Friday?
The sentence that typically appears at the beginning of a body paragraph and tells the main idea
What is topic sentence?
This memoir is about a daughter who isn't appreciated by her father.
What is Only Daughter?
The point where Charlie and Algernon escape from the doctors at the convention is called this.
What is the climax?
You put a comma after this and before the main sentence.
What is an introductory phrase?
The date of Christmas Day
What is December 25th?
The road map for body paragraphs and the overall main idea of a full-length essay
What is thesis?
This memoir is about a neighborhood where everyone is family.
What is Block Party?
Because Charlie changes, he is this type of character.
What is dynamic?
Answers can vary.
What is proper nouns?
What is relationships used as names?
What is days of the week and months?
The weekday of Christmas Day this year
What is Monday?
Stated so it applies to everyone, not just the characters in the story
What is theme?
In this memoir a boy describes being bullied for wearing girl's shoes to school.
What is Shoes?
As a young girl, Marjane thought this was who had chosen the king of Iran.
Who is God?
You should not capitalize these.
Answers vary.
What are seasons of the month?
What are directions when used as directions?
What are common nouns?
The first describes a character that doesn't change and the second describes a character that does change.
These are the five elements of a memoir.
What are memory, first person, sensory detail, emotion, and lesson?
This is the event that changed Marjane's life forever.
What is the Islamic Revolution?
This is needed in every sentence.
Answers can vary.
What is end punctuation?
What is capitalization at beginning?
What is subject and predicate?
Holiday on January 1st, 2024
What is New Year's Day?