Figurative Language
The main idea or lesson the author/book is trying to teach you.
What is Theme?
The name of the story’s narrator.
What is Ponyboy Curtis?
Something that is handed down from generation to generation.
A) Endure
B) Legacy
C) Timid
D) Nostalgia
What is Legacy?
The highest point of the diagram. When the major conflict occurs & the main character fails or accomplishes their goal.
What is Climax?
After Thanos acquires the six Infinity Stones, the Avengers assemble to stop him from wiping out the earth's population.
What is Man vs. Man?
The words that act as sounds in literature. (Boom, pop, zap, crash, bang, etc.)
What is Onomatopoeia?
The setting of the story. (Name the city & approximate year).
What is Tulsa, Oklahoma 1950s?
To comfort someone.
A) Console
B) Bleak
C) Scapegoat
D) Demeanor
What is Console?
The events that lead to the story’s conclusion. When things begin to return to normal.
What is Falling Action?
When a shark attack strikes the New England coast, police chief Martin Brody joins a ship captain and a marine biologist to capture or kill the giant Great White.
What is Man vs. Nature?
An extreme exaggeration. (I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse).
What is Hyperbole?
Name the Soc Johnny kills with a switchblade.
What is Bob Sheldon?
Extreme anger.
A) Timid
B) Sullen
C) Wrath
D) Novice
What is Wrath?
The events that build tension & lead to the major conflict of a story.
What is Rising Action?
In his 5th year at Hogwarts, Harry Potter has the challenging task of trying to convince the entire Ministry of Magic that Voldemort has returned to power, but no one believes him.
Man vs. Society
A literary technique an author uses that appeals to the five senses.
What is Imagery?
Name the Soc that helps Ponyboy develop some empathy.
What is Randy Adderson or Cherry Valence?
To suffer through something difficult.
A) Endure
B) Evade
C) Bleak
D) Novice
What is Endure?
The end of the story when the problem is resolved.
What is Resolution?
A climatologist rushes from Philadelphia to NYC on foot to save his son while a superstorm caused by global warming sets off various natural disasters across the globe.
What is Man vs. Nature?
The comparison of two things without using “like” or “as.” (Life is a box of chocolates).
What is Metaphor?
The injuries Johnny sustains from the church fire.
What is a broken back & paralysis?
A bonus for doing something extra.
A) Seclusion
B) Scapegoat
C) Promotion
D) Incentive
What is Incentive?
The beginning of the story that establishes the characters & the setting.
What is Exposition?
Katniss Everdeen lives in the dystopian city of Panem, with a government that dehumanizes its citizens and restricts their desires for freedom and a normal standard of living.
What is Man vs. Society?