Writing About Lit
The proper place for a thesis statement
What is the last sentence of the introduction?
When a character has a physical or mental disability, they are generally this type of character.
What is grotesque?
Horatian, Minnipean, and this type are the three main types of satire.
What is juvenalian?
Harrison Bergeron fought against these contraptions.
What are handicaps?
This literary element describes something tangible that represents something intangible.
What is symbolism?
This author is known as the queen of the grotesque.
Who is Flannery O'Connor?
This type of criticism focuses on the time period a story is written or set.
What is historical?
This southern gothic tale follows a lone woman through the forest.
What is "A Worn Path"?
Satire's main goal is to critique society is this type of way.
What is mocking or funny?
Dystopian literature is always related about various types of this.
What is control?
True or false: a theme must be a complete sentence.
What is true?
This author's name is also a measurement of water.
Who is Mark Twain?
This type of criticism analyzes the motivations of a character.
What is psychoanalytical?
This antagonist collected fake body parts.
Who is Manley Pointer?
This story partially critiques cultural unawareness.
What is "Jesus Shaves"?
Leonard Mead from "The Pedestrian" works as a _____________.
What is an author?
Indirect characterization is most commonly developed through this acronym.
What is STEAL?
This author has written in a journal every day since the 70s and is a recovering drug addict.
Who is David Sedaris?
This type of criticism takes into account the author's life.
What is biographical?
This element of southern gothic literature can be literal or figurative.
What is imprisonment?
The trials of homelessness is one aspect of this satirical story.
What is The Cop and the Anthem?
This number of police patrolled the city of "The Pedestrian."
What is one?
When the opposite of expectations happens in a story, we have this literary element.
What is irony?
This author was a WW2 veteran and prisoner of war.
Who is Kurt Vonnegut?
A citation generally includes these two elements.
What are an author's name and page number?
This character was deaf and forced to marry a shady drifter who abandoned her.
Who is Lucynell Crater?
Hitting someone with a brick is advice in this satirical piece.
What is "Advice to Youth"?
"The Veldt" emphasizes a world controlled by this.
What is technology?
Rain, like in "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," is symbolic of this idea.
What is cleansing or redemption?
He wrote his most famous book on a rented typewriter in the UCLA library.
Who is Ray Bradbury?