Short Stories
This is a lesson that can be learned from the story.
What is a theme?
This is the definition of the C in CSETT
What is the claim (your topic sentence)?
This is the main character of The Odyssey
Who is Odysseus
This is the use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word.
What is alliteration
This is the number of vocab tests you have had before midterms
What is 1
Plot
Theme
Conflict
Setting
Character
What are the elements of a story
This is the S in CSETT
What is your set up (context/background information for your evidence)?
This Goddess helped the main character and his family time and time again
Who is Athena
this means to follow in time and order
What is subsequent
This is the author of A Long Way Gone
Ishmael Beah
This is the practice of taking notes, highlighting, and interacting with the story as it is being read.
What is annotating?
This is the E in CSETT
What is your evidence (quotes/paraphrases/summaries)?
This was the name that the main character gave himself to trick the Cyclops.
What is "Nobody"
These are exaggerated statements or claims not mean to be taken literally.
What is Hyperbole
This is the number of family pictures Mrs. Pike USUALLY keeps by her desk. (not student artwork)
What is 4
A story would be boring with out this (think a perfect world where nothing goes wrong)
Conflict
This is the first T in the CSETT
What is the tie-in (connecting your evidence back to your claim)
This animal was seen outside of the main character upon his arrival.
What is a dog.
This is a way of indicating or hinting at what will come later
What is foreshadowing
These are the names of the other 2 9th-Grade English teachers
Mr. Martin
Mrs. Stiansen
This is a visual for the different pieces of plot
Freytag's Pyramid
This is the final T in CSETT
What is the tie-up (your "so what" moment, why is this important)?
This is the item that Eris used to disrupt the wedding (before our story took place)
A golden apple
(bonus - "To the Fairest One")
This is the Greek word for excessive pride; leads a human to do something arrogant, which is then punished by the gods
What is Hubris
This is the name of Mrs. Pike's DOG.
What is Joey?