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Clue: A recurring pattern of images, words, or symbols that reveals a theme in a work of literature.
Example: In Lord of the Flies, the conch symbolizes order.
What is a Motif?
Clue: A statement that seems contradictory but actually reveals a hidden truth.
Example: In Hamlet, "I must be cruel only to be kind."
What is a paradox?
Clue: The position from which a narrator relates the events of a narrative.
Example: In Restart, the point of view shifts between characters, giving insight into Chase’s past.
What is point of view?
Clue: The working out of plot conflicts following the climax.
Example: In Macbeth, Malcolm is restored as king after Macbeth is killed.
What is resolution?
Clue:The space between a novel’s narrator and the reader.
Example: In Pride and Prejudice, emotional distance is created between the narrator and characters.
What is Narrative Distance
Clue: A figure of speech in which an animal or inanimate object is given human qualities.
Example: In Macbeth, “Stars hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.”
What is personification?
Clue: The main character in a work; often a hero or heroine, but not always.
Example: In Restart, Chase Ambrose serves this role.
What is a protagonist?
Clue: The repetition of similar sounds in constructions.
Example: And Dr. Seuss
What is rhyme?
Clue: A person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc.
Example: In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway is the first-person storyteller.
What is a Narrator?
Clue: The narrator’s or character’s viewpoint shaped by their experiences and beliefs.
Example: In A Separate Peace, the statement "Peace had deserted Devon" represents a shift in understanding.
What is perspective?
Clue: The marks used in writing to separate sentences and clarify meaning.
What is punctuation?
Clue: The use of descriptive language to create mental images appealing to the senses.
Example: In Frankenstein, Victor describes the creature’s appearance
What is sensory imagery?
Clue: Poetry that does not follow any specific rules as to form.
Example: To a Locomotive in Winter lacks consistent rhyme and meter.
What is Open Form Poetry?
Example: “The word ivory rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed.” (Heart Of Darkness)
Clue: A group of words functioning as a unit within a sentence but lacking both a subject and a verb.
What is a phrase?
Clue: The thing that a word or phrase denotes or stands for.
Example: In Restart, the camera room is referenced multiple times, making it this.
What is a referent?
Clue: Where and when a story takes place.
Example: In The Crucible, the story unfolds in Puritan Salem, 1692.
What is sensory setting?
Clue: The speed at which a story is told.
Example: In The Hunger Games, the Reaping scene moves quickly as Katniss volunteers for her sister.
What is Pacing?
Clue:The arrangement of events in a narrative. Example:In Macbeth, a scottish general, motivated by witches, murders King Duncan to dethrone him, leading to paranoia and corruption.
What is plot?
Clue: How much a reader can trust a narrator.
Example: In Restart, Chase is reliable for current events, while Shoshanna provides insight into his past.
What is reliability of a narrator?
Clue: A point in a poem that signals a change, often in perspective.
Example: In Long Way Down, Will begins questioning the rules of revenge after meeting ghosts in the elevator.
What is a shift?