Name the text
a 1967 coming-of-age novel following 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis, a "greaser" navigating intense class rivalries with the wealthy "Socs" in 1960s Oklahoma
The Outsiders.
Stay Gold, Ponyboy. Stay Gold.
Johnny Cade
I could eat a million things
hyperbole
where and when the story takes place
setting
moral of the story
theme
following 12-year-old Chicana Esperanza Cordero as she navigates growing up in a poor Chicago neighborhood. She struggles with her identity, poverty, and gender roles, dreaming of a "real house" of her own
The house on mango street
“You made me feel like a zero, like a nothing.”
Abuela
boom pow
onomatopoeia
main character and goes against the main character
protagonist and antagonist
the perspective, or "lens," through which a story is told or a situation is perceived, determining what information the audience receives
point of view
a 1948 Hollywood Reporter article by Alfred Hitchcock explaining his technique for building suspense by allowing the audience to know more than the characters
Let them Play God
To think the Island was just the place I wanted to reach and here she was trying to keep me from going there! It was very kind of her, but rather provoking under the circumstances.
Nellie Brown
The grass danced happily with the wind
Personification
a character that changes
Dynamic character
a literary device used to plant subtle hints, warnings, or clues about future plot developments, creating anticipation, suspense, and thematic cohesion
foreshadowing
a cautionary horror tale about a magical, cursed paw that grants three wishes, bringing tragic consequences to the White family
The monkeys paw
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both
The road not taken
Fought like cats and dogs
simile
sarcasm
verbal irony
the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
symbolism
a profoundly moving, firsthand account of a Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam during WWII
The diary of Anne frank
He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill
Symbolic Metaphor
There's a lot to the character -- they are deep
round character
an alphabetical list of terms or words found in or relating to a specific subject, text, or dialect, with explanations; a brief dictionary.
glossary