Literary Terms
Where and when a story takes place.
What is Setting?
This term means the author shows they are trustworthy or an expert.
What is Ethos?
This is the voice that tells the poem. It is not always the author.
What is the speaker?
This character travels to High Place to help her cousin.
Who is Noemà Taboada?
Red polo shirt, black or khaki pants, and a black shoe.
What is the 10th grade dress code?
How the author feels about the topic or story.
What is Tone?
This term means the author uses feelings or emotions.
What is Pathos?
This type of language uses sensory details to help the reader see, hear, or feel the poem.
What is imagery?
Most of the story takes place in this dark house in the mountains.
What is High Place?
Students will have their phones taken away and given to the front office where they can pay to be returned.
What is the cell phone policy?
A person or animal in a story.
What is Character?
This team means the author uses facts, numbers, or reasons.
What is Logos?
This is the big message or lesson of a poem. It is not one word.
What is theme?
The tone of the novel is mostly dark, strange, and __________.
What is creepy / scary / unsettling?
Students will need to go to the attendance office and then return to class with the appropriate paperwork.
What is the tardy policy?
Why the author wrote the text.
What is Author's Purpose?
This term means the main opinion or argument of the author.
What is Claim?
These are the words in parentheses or italics that tell actors how to move or feel.
What are stage directions?
In the story, Noemà struggles against the rules and control of this family.
Who are the Doyles?
The volume level that students should be at while entering the class and working independently.
What is voice level 0?
The big message or lesson of the story.
This term means the opposite opinion of the author's claim.
What is counterclaim?
This is when characters speak to each other to show conflict and move the plot.
What is dialogue?
This theme shows how people can be controlled or trapped by family or power.
What is control / power / oppression?
Students will need to call home and have parents bring correct uniform or have lunch detention/ISS.
What are the consequences of not following the dress code?