The Story Arc
The part of story where the tension or action reaches its highest, most intense part.
What is climax?
"One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world"
Who is Malala?
Malala is free as a bird.
What is simile?
Criticize harshly; publicly declare to be wrong or evil.
What is denounce?
Brashear's School Theme (Ms. Safran says it at the end of her morning announcements every day...) Hint: Get...
What is Get Better at Getting Better?
A series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative.
What is rising action?
"This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn."
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The narrator's position in relation to a story being told. First person, second person, third person.
What is point of view?
D-d-d-d-d-DAILY DOUBLE!
Cause to continue or prevail; push forward.
Perpetuate
Brashear's founder (full name)
Who is John A. Brashear?
The part right after the climax. Wraps up the narrative, resolves its loose ends, and leads toward the closure.
What is falling action?
"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in... —to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
"There are words like Liberty
That almost make me cry."
Author's attitude.
What is tone?
Cruel and oppressive government or rule.
What is tyranny?
What is 1976?
The unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story.
What is resolution?
"On my heart-strings freedom sings
All day everyday."
Who is Langston Hughes?
"We have dropped in for a good job." (Malala) Hint: How can any assignment be good during wartime?
What is irony?
Feeling a need to see others suffer
What is malice?
Name the four vice principals.
Tokarski-Jones, Bynum, Travanti, Corona.
Name the three components of the exposition.
What are characters, setting, and conflict?
" 'Go away. I am not making myself ill.' No; she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window."
Who is Mrs. Mallard from The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
"I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln"
What is Allusion?
To tear apart
What is rend?
Being a BULL includes 5 student expectations students will be everyday. Name them.
What are respectful, responsible, positive, team-oriented, and restorative.