Literary Terms
Hannah/Chaya is this kind of character because she matures through her experience.
What is a dynamic character?
This is the term for written conversational lines in a play script that tell the cast what they are going to say.
What is dialogue?
Who are Hannah's TWO relatives who survived the Holocaust?
Who are Grandpa Will and Aunt Eva?
This is the only survivor out of the group of people hiding in the attic.
Who is Otto Frank?
In the poem "We are the Shoes" inanimate objects are treated better than human beings. What literary term does this highlight?
What is irony?
This is a literary term that is highly significant for understanding any literature about the Holocaust because the Holocaust is directly tied to its _______________.
What is setting?
When one character gives a speech to others on stage.
What is a monologue?
This character serves as a vehicle for foreshadowing throughout the novel because he often makes foreboding statements and predictions.
Who is the Badchan?
Anne's writing often focuses on this Biblical idea--she identifies times when she wishes she would do the right thing but finds herself still choosing wrong.
What is the doctrine of sin?
What is the background of the author of "First They Came for the Jews."
What is a concentration camp survivor who wished he'd fought back sooner.
This is when the author of the work is writing it about him or herself. For example, The Diary of Anne Frank.
What is an autobiography?
This occurs when there are moments of humor to break up an otherwise serious or emotionally heavy drama.
What is comic/Comedic relief?
These are mentioned often in the novel as they highlight the irony of nature's beauty coexisting with the horrors of the Holocaust.
What are the chimney swallows?
What is your mind/imagination?
The New York Times article cites this as the biggest reason the Holocaust is fading from society's memory.
Most survivors have now passed away.
When a piece of literature makes a reference to something else, such as the Bible, mythology, history, or classic literature.
What is an allusion?
These notes are given in a play to tell the readers/cast what things will look like and how things should be acted.
What are stage directions?
This is a visual symbol of destroyed hope and innocence in the novel.
What is the mud-stained wedding dress?
The play version of Anne's Story and her diary are different in the play is a ________ source and the diary is a ____________ source.
What is secondary and primary source?
Name at least 5 of the different modes of writing we've looked at in this unit.
Could be any 5 of the following: fiction, novel, drama/play, poetry, nonfiction, essay, diary/autobiography, newspaper article
This occurs in a piece of overwise realistic literature when something unrealistic occurs. For example, when Hannah becomes Chaya in Devil's Arithmetic.
What is magical realism?
This is a term for when one character is alone on stage speaking to themselves or the audience--it usually represents the character's thoughts.
What is a soliloquy?
Who are the two individuals who survived the concentration camp because of Chaya/Hannah's actions?
Who are Rivka/Aunt Eva and the baby she saved in the Midden
This is how Anne's diary changes over the 2 years. It becomes more ___________.
What is serious or meditative?
Will accept anything along this line.
The opinion essay says that we should read The Diary of Anne Frank because it shows us these two Biblical ideas and helps us think about them.
What is both the image of God and the presence of sin in people?