Literary Terms
The central character in a story.
Who is the protagonist?
The first paragraph of an essay.
What is the introduction?
When you use clues in the text plus your own knowledge to figure something out, you are making this.
What is an inference?
If you are absent, what should you check to make sure you didn't miss any important handouts or quizzes/tests?
What is the weekly calendar.
She is the principal of OHS
Who is Mrs. Corothers
The struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
A sentence that tells the main argument or claim of your essay.
What is a thesis statement?
This is the person telling the story.
Who is the narrator?
You are not sure if you will be able to meet an assignment deadline and are worried about a late penalty. Doing this will likely earn you an extension.
What is talk to/message your teacher BEFORE the due date.
This sports team won the state championship last season.
What is the baseball team.
A clue or hint about what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
These paragraphs make up the “middle” of your essay and support your argument.
What are body paragraphs?
What is previewing.
This is what happens when an assignment is collected and you did not turn it in, regardless of if you were in class or not on the day the assignment was collected.
What is a zero being entered in the gradebook.
This is the room number you have English class in.
What is room 2407
When the audience knows something the character does not.
What is dramatic irony?
The last paragraph of an essay that wraps up the ideas.
What is the conclusion?
This process typically involves highlighting key passages, underlining unknown words, and writing your thoughts/opinions in the margins.
What is annotating.
You turned in work late but it has not yet been graded. It is likely you forgot to do what?
What is message your teacher(s)
This is how many students are enrolled at Olentangy High School (must be within 1,000)
What is 1,721
The overall message, insight, or lesson about life a story conveys.
What is theme?
This is something that every concluding paragraph should include.
Clinching statement/call to action.
This reading strategy is essential to making the story meaningful to the reader.
What is personal connection.
If this is suspected or witnessed, it will result in an automatic zero.
What is cheating/plagiarism
This was the year Olentangy High School opened at its current location.
What is 1990