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A Little Bit of Everything
Elements of Poetry
An Author's Choices
"Who Am I?" in To Kill A Mockingbird
Characterization
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In a CSQT response, a writer uses this to support his or her claim.
What is evidence (a quote)?
100
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things and uses the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
100
The author's central message - what the author wants the reader to know or learn.
What is theme?
100
I have blue eyes and a cowlick in the middle of my forehead.
Who is Dill?
100
A character in a story who changes over time.
What is a dynamic character?
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The main character in a literary work?
Who is the protagonist?
200
Identify the end-rhyme pattern within the following stanza: "The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.
What is abcbdbe?
200
When an author chooses a narrator that speaks about his or her own life and uses the pronouns I, me, and we, they are telling the story from this point of view.
What is first person point of view?
200
I am fifty years old, wear glasses, and am nearly blind in my left eye.
Who is Atticus?
200
A character in a story who remains the same throughout.
What is a static character?
300
In a novel, this reveals the conflict and builds suspense for the reader.
What is the rising action?
300
A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things - suggests that one thing is equal to another thing.
What is a metaphor?
300
When an author deliberately does not tell how everything is resolved in a novel and allows the reader to make their own conclusions, they are writing this kind of conclusion.
What is an open-ended conclusion?
300
I have old-age liver spots and knobbly hands, and have camellia bushes in my front yard.
Who is Mrs. Dubose?
300
A character in a story who causes conflict for the main character.
Who is the antagonist?
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When you, as the reader, are able to relate to the story you are reading.
What is a text-to-self connection?
400
When an author creates a discrepancy between what is expected and what actually happens, such as in the following example from the short story "The Gift of the Magi": "a young couple is too poor to buy each other Christmas gifts. The man sells his pocket watch to buy his wife a set of combs for her long, beautiful hair. She, meanwhile, cuts off her beautiful hair and sells it to a wig-maker for money to buy her husband a watch-chain."
What is irony?
400
The general atmosphere created by the author's words - the feeling the reader gets from reading those words.
What is mood?
400
I am no more than 21. I have bright hair, pink cheeks, and wear crimson fingernail polish. I look and smell like a peppermint drop.
Who is Miss Caroline?
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When an author comes right out and tells the reader what a character is like, such as in the following example: "George was cunning and greedy".
What is direct characterization?
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A way of evaluating whether a work of literature has a long standing value or if it is just a short lived work that will quickly fade and be mostly forgotten.
What is literary merit?
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A figure of speech that gives human qualities to objects, animals, or ideas.
What is personification?
500
When an author uses setting, dialogue and figurative language to create an attitude toward the characters in the book that could be described as: angry, cheerful, gloomy, humorous, or sad, they are establishing this.
What is author's tone?
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I am a thick-bodied girl accustomed to strenuous labor. I look as if I try to keep clean, and keep a row of red geraniums in my yard.
Who is Mayella?
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When an author shows the reader what a character is like by portraying his or her actions, speech, or thoughts, such as in the following example: "On the crowded subway, George slipped his hand into the man's coat pocket and withdrew the wallet, undetected."
What is indirect characterization?