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Who Said It?
Vocabulary
Freedom Writers
Literary Terms
Potpourri
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“Yeah, but with me it was different in some way. Sometimes I feel like I missed something. I always figured the most important thing to a man was his privacy. A man’s got to have his privacy. I always lived that way Jake.”
Who is Jake's father?
100
This is a shoulder blade, or in the story "Losses" a medal worn on a chain - like a St. Christopher medal.
What is scapula?
100
She is the teacher and protagonist of the film.
Who is Erin Gruwell?
100
A comparison that says one thing is something else. For example: The road was a ribbon of light.
What is a metaphor?
100
This is a form of irony in which the implicit meaning of a speaker differs from the stated meaning.
What is verbal irony?
200
“They are not very good boots but they might carry you to the camp of my people. They might help you return to your own land . . . "
Who is Kanaalaq?
200
This is a building or a group that houses nuns - not a nunnery.
What is a convent?
200
This woman hid Anne Frank in her home.
Who is Miep Gies?
200
A pyramid diagram which shows the exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action and denouement.
What is Freytag's Pyramid?
200
This occurs when the author shares with the reader information not known by the character. There is a difference between what the reader knows to be true and what a character believes to be true.
What is dramatic irony?
300
— "who dares insult us with this blasphemous mockery? Seize him and unmask him — that we may know whom we have to hang at sunrise, from the battlements!"
Who is Prince Prospero?
300
This is a climbing shrub that has grape like clusters of flowers hanging from it - usually purple, white or pink.
What is wisteria?
300
Erin Gruwell tries to introduce poetry by handing out song lyrics by this artist.
Who is Tupac?
300
Repeating a consonant sound in close proximity to others, or beginning several words with the same vowel sound. For instance, the phrase "buckets of big blue berries".
What is alliteration?
300
This is a device used by an author to give the reader a hint as to what may happen later in the story. It is also a means by which the author prepares the reader for the outcome.
What is foreshadowing?
400
"The first man had his three wishes, yes," was the reply. "I don't know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That's how I got the paw."
Who is Sgt. Major Morris?
400
This is the utter destruction or ruin of a person, often described as being on the way to hell.
What is perdition?
400
The story begins after the LA riots. A black man (name him) had been beaten up by policemen, and when they went to trial, the policemen were exonerated.
Who is Rodney King?
400
References are made that originate in mythology, biblical references, historical events, legends, geography, or earlier literary works. Authors assume that the readers will recognize the original sources and relate their meaning to the new context.
What is allusion?
400
This is a narrative device designed to give the reader an awareness of an incident that took place prior to the opening scene in the story. Often, this device is used in soap operas to recall an earlier incident.
What is a flashback?
500
"So it came as a surprise when she became a jock. The first indication that athletic indifference had ended came when she joined the high school cross-country team. She signed up in early September and ran third for the team within three days."
Who is Margaret Whitney - in her personal essay "Playing to Win"?
500
This is a garden in Jerusalem, where Judas deceived Christ.
What is Gethsemane?
500
This person is the department head and tries to stop Erin Gruwell from giving her students new books or current materials.
Who is Margaret Campbell?
500
This narrative acts as an extended metaphor in which persons, abstract ideas, or events represent not only themselves on the literal level, but they also stand for something else on the symbolic level. Two stories are told at the same time. [The Masque of the Red Death]
What is allegory?
500
This is the quality in the story which makes the reader ask, “What is going to happen next?”
What is suspense?