Vocabulary
The Author's particular attitude, either stated or implied.
What is tone?
A person, animal or other creature in a story, poem or play.
What is a character
A direct comparison of two unlike things, using the words like or as
What is a simile?
A resource used to find definitions
What is a dictionary?
Ms. Dembe Favorite color
What is Green and Blue?
Incentive, Inner drive or desire that causes someone to act
What is Motive
A character that often plays tricks on another character and tries to create mischief
What is a trickster
The use of descriptive language that appeals to the five senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste) to create a picture in the reader's mind
What is imagery?
Identify the noun in the following sentences:
1. I live in Amsterdam.
1. In
2. Live
3. Amsterdam
4. I
What is Amsterdam?
She, you , mine , our, this , he, they
What is a pronoun
Their friendship simply fizzled out with time. They didn't fight – they didn't _______________their feelings. It was over before he knew it.
What is Communicate
In the myth of Prometheus, what character archetype was Prometheus?
What is the Tragic Flaw Archetype?
The United States flag stands for Freedom.
What is symbolism?
Identify the verb in the following sentences:
The monkey sat by the door.
1. Monkey
2. By
3. Door
4. Sat
What is sat?
A person, place or thing
What is a noun?
I would like to __________ by saying that I do enjoy your magazine.
What is to conclude
In "Everyday Use, " By Alice Walker, she wanted to keep mama's blanket, because she believed it should be kept and not be used.
What is Dee
This is an example of:
“Life is like a box of chocolates—you never know what you're gonna get.”
What is an Analogy?
Identify the Adverb in the following sentences:
Marcus always arrives early.
1. Arrives
2. Always
3. Early
4. Marcus
What is Always?
An educated guess
What is an inference?
An entry looks like this
Word: Thorny
Synonyms: Prickly, Spiky, Barbed, Spiny, Sharp.
Antonyms: Dull, Easy, smooth, solvable.
What is a Thesaurus?
In the "Possibility of Evil" She believed she was clearing out her town of evil
Miss. Strangeworth.
A technique used to give human qualities to nonhuman objects
What is personification?
Identify the adjective in the following sentences:
41. Ria lives in a beautiful house.
1. Ria
2. House
3. Beautiful
4. Lives
What is beautiful?
The reason why an Author writes
What is author's purpose?