9th Honors Lit Midterm

Personal Narrative & Writing

100

What are the five parts of a plot or story arc?

exposition/starting point

rising action

climax

falling action

resolution

200

A person narrative has these four elements/traits

First person POV

tells about a brief moment in your life

has a lot of description and detailed imagery

often has a life lesson at the end

300

Appositive

a noun or noun phrase that renames or modifies another noun or noun phrase to add clarification or classification

400

Participle

a word formed by a verb which can be used as an adjective, to form verb tense, or to forma passive sentence

500

Absolute phrase

a group of words that modifies an entire sentence rather than a single word. It includes a noun + modifier (usually a participle) to give context to the entire sentence

Literary Terms

100

The main problem in the story; when the antagonist tries to get in the way of the protagonists goals

conflict

200

Alliteration

Repetition of the first letter of multiple words in a sentence

300

A recurrent symbol that feeds into the theme

Motif

400

Hubris

Excessive pride or self confidence

500

What type of figurative language is the following:

Barista, gatekeeper of caffeinated beverages and pure aromatic goodness

Epithet

The Odyssey

100

Why are the sirens dangerous

They cause men to jump overboard

200

King who gives Odysseus wind

Aeolus

300

This god was given the apple by Paris

Aphrodite

400

goddess who rolled the apple that started the Trojan War

Discord

500

How do Odysseus and his men escape Cyclops?

Clinging to sheep

To Kill a Mockingbird

100

Dill's aunt

Rachel

200

"will you take me home now?"

Boo

300

"It's hard to explain—ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody's favoring Negroes over and above themselves."?

Atticus

400

The real life case the likely influenced Lee's writing 

Scottsboro boys

500

We generally get the juries we deserve

Atticus

Literary Analysis

100

Analytical _________s help us focus on the authors purpose when writing a literary analysis

verbs

200

A good conclusion _________the thesis but does NOT say it _____ for ______

Restates

word for word

300

The "focus" of a literary analysis

literary device

400

What acronym is used to remember the key elements of a body paragraph in a literary analysis?

T

E

A

C

500

What is wrong with this paragraph?

Hester Prynne shows resilience despite her punishment. “On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter A” (Hawthorne 50). This is how Hester faces her struggles.

• The quote is dropped into the paragraph without any introduction or explanation of its significance.
•  There is no explanation of how the quote supports the argument being made.
• The sentence following the quote ("This is how Hester faces her struggles") is vague and does not directly relate to the quote provided