Characters
Who was Mr. and Mrs. White's son?
Herbert
What sentence is the main idea of an entire essay?
Thesis Statement
What does the root struct mean?
build
What is a stanza?
Lines of poetry together; like a paragraph for a poem
Complete the analogy:
hot : cold :: happy :
How did Mary Maloney kill her husband?
Hitting him with a frozen leg of lamb
Which paragraph contains the thesis statement?
Introduction
What is theme?
A lesson or moral from a story
What is rhyme scheme?
The pattern of rhyming in a poem
Complete the analogy:
intelligent : smart :: courageous :
Brave (or any other synonym for brave)
Which family member did Elie Wiesel remain with during his time in a concentration camp?
His father
At least how many paragraphs is an essay?
at least 3 paragraphs
What does the word clarify mean?
To make something clear or less confusing
What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem?
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'
AABBA
Complete the analogy:
green : color :: banana :
fruit
What did Mr. Ward call it when students read their poems out loud to the class?
"Open Mike"
What is the middle of an essay called?
The body
What does foreshadowing mean?
Hinting at something that will happen
What is it called when a poet uses lots of description, appeals to the five senses, and helps the reader visualize something?
Imagery
Complete the analogy:
Farmer : Harvest :: Barber :
cut
Who was the main character in Bronx Masquerade?
Tyrone
What is the correct way to cite evidence?
Author's last name and page number in parentheses (Wiesel 32)
What is a flashback?
When the author brings up something that happened previously
What is the most common type of poem?
Free Verse
What KIND of analogy is the following:
fork : eating :: chair : sitting
Function