Raisin Characters
Literary Terms
Character Types
Literary Genres
Research Skills
100

This character is Beneatha's brother

Who is Walter?

100

The central of underlying meaning in a text

What is theme?

100

This term describes the main character in a story 

What is a protagonist?

100

A genre that relies on factual narratives to recount real-world crimes including investigations

What is true crime?

100

An in-text citation is placed inside of this type of punctuation

What are parenthesis?

200

This character is Ruth's son

Who is Travis?

200

The emotional feeling a text creates

What is mood?

200

A fictional character who is complex, multi-dimensional, an possesses a range of emotions like a real person

What is a round character?

200

A genre that blends together the real-world and fantastic elements

What is magical realism?

200

Formal papers should use this style of font

What is Arial or Times New Roman?

300

This person is considered the rich, but shallow boyfriend of Beneatha

Who is George Murchison?

300

When the author's attitude is shown toward the subject audience, or characters

What is tone?

300

A fictional character who experiences little to no change of personality, beliefs, or values

What is a static character?

300

A genre that typically includes futuristic concepts or topics such as space exploration, time travel, or technology 

What is science fiction?

300

Formal papers should use this size font

What is 11 or 12?

400

This person serves as the representative of Clybourne Park Improvement Association 

Who is Karl Lidner?

400

A phrase or saying that means something different figuratively than literally

What is idiom?

400

A fictional character who is not complicated, possesses few personality traits, lacks depth, and doesn't significantly develop throughout the story 

What is a flat character?

400

A genre that describes oppressive, futuristic societies

What is dystopian?

400

Reliable websites for research end with these domains

What is .org, .edu, .gov, .mil?

500

This person is a neighbor to the Younger family who brings over her newspaper

Who is Mrs. Johnson?

500

A reference to a person, place, thing, idea, event, piece of history, or cultural element 

What is allusion?

500

A fictional character who experiences significant internal transformation of personality, beliefs, or values 

What is a dynamic character?

500

A genre that is written by the author about themselves and features selected stories about their lives 

What is a memoir?

500

The first line of an MLA heading should be this

What is the author's name?