This reading strategy involves stopping while reading and asking yourself questions about the plot and characters' actions in order to gauge understanding
What is Asking Questions
100
This character is on a long journey from the Trojan War to his home island of Ithaca
Who is Odysseus
100
This is the name given to plot structure
What is Freytag's Triangle, Plot Triangle, Plot Pyramid, Narrative Arc
100
This is a comparison between to separate things using like or as
What is a Simile
100
The main characters of this story are named Jim and Della Young
What is "The Gift of the Magi"
200
This reading strategy involves creating mental images of the story from information given by the author
What is Visualizing
200
Odysseus' wife
Who is Penelope?
200
This is the first part of a narrative. It introduces the audience to the characters and setting
What is Exposition
200
This example of figurative language occurs when an author uses vivid detail to show (instead of tell) the audience something
What is Imagery
200
This story involves a lost piece of jewelry as its main conflict
What is "The Necklace"
300
An example of this reading strategy is drawing connections between Odysseus' journey and travels in your own life
What is Making Connections
300
This character represents the dangers of being narrow-minded and only seeing things through one perspective
Who is Polyphemus, the cyclops
300
In "The Most Dangerous Game," Rainsford jumping off the cliff to avoid Zaroff happens during what part of the narrative?
What is the Climax
300
"Love is a fine wine" is an example of what figure of language?
What is a Metaphor?
300
Which part of the narrative arc involves Rainsford and Whitney discussing big game hunting on the ship to South America
What is the Exposition
400
Asking the most important topic or idea of a story versus getting caught up in the details
What is Determining Importance
400
This theme is represented when the goddess Circe treats Odysseus and his men to a year of feasting and advice on home to reach home
What is Hospitality
400
This is the name given to the "problem" in a story that the protagonist must solve
What is Conflict
400
A metaphorical figure of speech in which non-human things are described using human characteristics
What is Personification
400
The action and events of a story make up this term
What is Plot
500
Filling in ideas and meaning the author explicitly leaves out of a story
What is Inferring Meaning
500
This theme is displayed when Odysseus makes a deal with Circe to turn his crew back in to men
What is Loyalty
500
The time and location of a story
What is Setting
500
A contradiction between what should happen and what actually happens in a story
What is Irony
500
The character who actively opposes the protagonist