Into Literature
In the story "Thank you Ma'm" why is the use of setting important?
What is... it helps the characters interact and learn more about each other, it also helps move the plot along?
It's been raining cats and dogs all-day
What is an idiom?
It's so uncanny that you know what I'm thinking...
What does "uncanny" mean?
What is strange, mysterious, unsettling?
He experienced ____ conflict when he had an argument with his parents.
What is external conflict?
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
What is a fingerprint?
In the story, "Heartbeat" Dave is influenced by other characters and the setting. Because of this, it makes him act a certain way. What is the reason he acts this way? What is it called?
What is character motivations?
She was a sweet as apple pie.
What is a simile?
Even when the emergency room was packed with patients, the staff remained placid and calmly did their duties.
What does placid mean?
What is not easily upset, calm.
He took a _____ risk by adding high-level vocabulary.
What is a compositional risk?
What has ten letters and starts with gas?
What are some genre elements of a short story?
(Refer to page 101)
What is...includes a setting, often conveys a theme, etc.
She has a heart of stone.
What is a metaphor?
He shuddered as he watched his team's dismal performance.
What does dismal mean?
It is called _____ learning when you connect ideas from other subjects.
What is interdisciplinary learning?
What comes in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
What is the letter M?
What are two types of conflict that often appear in stories?
What are external conflict and internal conflict?
The leaves gracefully danced in the wind as they fell off the trees.
What is personification?
The amount they spend on clothes would appall their parents and stupefy their grandparents.
What does stupefy mean?
What is astonish or shock?
It is good to maintain a ___ focus so what you write makes sense, and is organized.
What is a single focus?
Take away a whole and some still remain. What am I?
What is the word "wholesome"?
Why is a sequence of events important to a story?
What is...it keeps the story organized and helps the plot advance. (Also makes your story easier for the reader to understand)
Boom! The sound of the thunder chorused through my head.
What is Onomatopoeia?
He was a very ardent baseball fan.
What does ardent mean?
What is enthusiastic and passionate?
When interpreting a quote you cannot use the same ___.
What are the same words?
You can see me in water but I am never wet, what am I?
What is a reflection?