Reading
Writing
Short Stories
Class Notes
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100
The definition of a memoir.

A true story about someone's life, written by that person, focusing on particular events or a particular theme.

100

The mark of punctuation you should put around a quote.

Quotation marks.

100

"Barney" by William Stafford features this animal as the protagonist.

A rat. 

100

One thing that makes a source reliable.

There are many possible answers! (Reliability, accuracy, relevance...)

100

A figure of speech in which a poet describes something nonhuman as if it were a person.

Personification.

200

The authour who is referred to in "Wednesday" by Netflix, according to our Reading Minute.

Edgar Allan Poe

200

What the acronym FANBOYS stands for.

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.

200
A character that does not change over the course of a story.

A static character.

200

One technique of an effective presenter.

(There are lots to choose from!)

200
My example object for my object memoir.

A small jade owl.

300

In the poem "This is Just to Say," what the speaker is apologizing for.

Eating the plums.

300

The four things you should have in your "name block" in MLA formatting.

Your name, your teacher's name, the course name, and the date.

300

The name for a realistic, well-developed character. 

A round character.

300

A comparison made using the word "like" or "as."

Simile

300

The name for the literary device used when the writer uses the same letter/sound at the beginning of words in a line or sentence.

Alliteration

400

The name of the band that sings the song "zombie."

The Cranberries

400

When integrating a quote from a poem that is more than one line long, what mark of punctuation you use to indicate a line break.

A slash.

400

The city in which the short story "The Landlady" is set.

Bath

400

The three types of irony.

Situational, verbal, and dramatic.

400

One theme from the short film "iDiots" we watched in class.

(There are several possible answers.)
500

The name of the Canadian company that is selling adult dog beds.

Plufl.

500

What MLA stands for.

Modern Language Assocation.

500

The two types of characterization.

Indirect and direct. 

500

The authour of "Three Cups of Tea."

Greg Mortensen

500

The last name of the detective in "Murder on the Orient Express."

Poirot.