Literary Terms
This is when authors use the five senses to describe something.
What is imagery?
The place where Mrs. Johnson worked before Auburn High School.
What is Seward Elementary School?
This short story by author Truman Capote describes the relationship between a young child and an older woman making fruitcakes around Christmas.
What is "A Christmas Memory"?
This is the name of the famous Christmas ballet.
What is "The Nutcracker"?
This is the name of the lake just outside of Auburn, NY.
What is Owasco Lake?
When two unlike are compared using "like/as".
What is a simile?
This teacher's favorite NFL team is the Miami Dolphins.
Who is Mr. Laird?
This suspenseful story involves two friends, an Indian doctor, and a poisonous krait.
What is "Poison"?
This singer is often considered the "queen of pop" and this is their famous 1994 Christmas song.
Who is Mariah Carey and what is "All I Want for Christmas"?
This is the name of the park with many waterfalls in southern Cayuga County.
What is Fillmore Glen State Park?
When something that is not human is given human qualities. (Ex: "The sky was crying today it was raining so hard.")
What is personification?
This staff member had one daughter in the first grade.
Who is Mr. Dorsogna?
This story's backdrop is during the same day as the assassination of President Kennedy.
What is "American History"?
This 1946 classic film is sometimes considered the greatest holiday film of all time (Hint: Bedford Falls = Seneca Falls)
What is "It's a Wonderful Life"?
This is the number of finger lakes total.
What is the number 11?
This is often considered the lesson of a story (or the message it is trying to convey).
What is theme?
This teacher can, at times, be seen singing in the hallways.
Who is Mr. Gonzales?
This suspenseful story details the frightening events of a man trying to retrieve a piece of paper from the edge of a building.
What is "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket"?
This means "holy berry" in German.
What is mistletoe?
What is Song Mountain?
A story set in the 1950s of a family and their dangerous reliance on technology.
What is "The Veldt"?
The following line came from this famous movie: "The only way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!"
What is "Elf"?