Sentence Structure
Flowers for Algernon
Lord of the Flies
Short Stories
Literary Devices
100

An incomplete sentence is also known as this

Sentence fragment/dependent clause
100

Where does Charlie work

Bakery

100

Who wrote Lord of the Flies?

William Golding

100

This can be internal or external

Conflict

100

A representation of something

Symbol

200

Nouns can be subjects and these

Objects

200

Why does Charlie get so excited to participate in the experiment?

He wants to be smart

200

What character would have done more to help if the others had let him?

Piggy

200

If a story has more than one character, it is common to have them engage in this

Dialogue

200

Giving objects characteristics of people

Personification

300

What is the mnemonic device used to remember the seven coordinating conjunctions?

FANBOYS

300

Why did Charlie get fired?

His co-workers complained about him being so smart

300

What are the boys afraid of

Not being rescued/the beast/snakes

300

When writing in the present then briefly switching to an even in the past, it's called

Flashback

300

The standpoint from which the narrator is speaking

Point of view

400

With the exception of punctuation, what three things are needed to form a complete sentence?

Subject, verb, complete idea

400

What do Charlie and his neighbor drink before they go out dancing?

Gin

400

Ralph insisted that this was the only way they could get rescued

Having a signal fire burning constantly

400

An unexpected even (or chain of events) usually occurring near the end of a story

Twist (surprise resolution)

400

This depicts the opposite of what is expected

Irony

500

Two complete sentences combined with a semi-colon or a comma and coordinating conjunction can be called this

Compound sentence

500

Once he lets Algernon lose, what is Charlie's plan

To run away and hide

500

What does the beast represent?

What the boys are becoming, what they are capable of

500

When Something occurs during the story and something similar happens later.  The first event _________________ the next

Foreshadows

500

Using language to represent objects, actions, and/or ideas to appeal to a reader

Imagery