Skills
This skill is in every prompt for essay writing.
Unreliable narrator witnesses the downfall of a bloodline that has a legacy
"Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allen Poe
Turning and turning in the widening gyre / The falcon cannot hear the falconer; / Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world."
"The Second Coming" by W.B. Yeats
Man does bad things. Man gets punished. Man hangs himself.
"Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe
True or False: Journals are for bellwork and taking notes, and the occasional assignment.
True.
This skill analyzes traits, actions, dialogue, thoughts, etc.
character
One of the characters screams "it's unfair!" at the end.
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
"Nevermore!"
"The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe
Man complains everyone else in the world is stupid and less intelligent than he is. He gets his @$$ handed to him by his son.
"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
True or False: We completed 6 units since the 1st quarter.
False. We completed 9.
This skill analyzes time and place, including but not limited to region, climate, medicine, weapons, infrastructure, etc.
setting
Lost teenager takes a train ride home.
"Blue Winds" by Tom Whitecloud II
True or False: the speaker in "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath is a girl.
Double Jeopardy: What figurative language is used throughout?
False: the speaker is a mirror.
DJ: personification
18-year-old girl talks back to her boss. He likes it and falls in love with her.
"Jane Eyre" Charlotte Bronte
The academic word for "writing."
Composition
This skill analyzes how a story is built and its plot, tropes, and actions characters take.
structure
Man complains about a nepo baby.
"Luck" by Mark Twain
America was never free for all people.
"Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes
True or False: "the unfavorite" counts as "Structure"
True.
The missing skill from the category all the way on the left.
Figurative Language
This skill analyzes perspective and point of view
Narration
Woman has heart attack when she finds out her husband is alive.
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
True or False: The speaker thinks not going to church is fine in "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" by Emily Dickinson.
True.
True or False: Victor is depressed when Adam dies.
False.
Victor is depressed when his brother and Henry die.
Ms. Torrey's favorite Shakespeare play.
"Twelfth Night" Shakespeare