Plot
The part of the story where the loose ends are tied up.
What is the resolution.
Characterize Squeaky in one word.
What is confident, focused, fierce, sassy, etc...
June fighting the other June
What is character v. character?
The time and place of a story.
What is the setting?
Buzz, squeak, woof!
What is Onomatopoeia?
The part of the story where the conflict reaches its highest peak.
What is the climax?
Characterize the speaker of "Mother to Son" in one word.
What is persistent, perseverant, realistic, committed.
The Narrator is embarrassed because she does not fit in in America.
What is character v. self?
The main moral or lesson in a story.
What is theme?
"Life doesn't frighten me at all"
What is repetition?
The part of the story where the tension increases and the conflict begins to intensify.
What is the rising action?
The two types of characters.
What are antagonist and protagonist?
June is too afraid to wake her mom up when she has a bad dream.
What is the tone?
"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair"
The part of the story where the the main characters and setting are introduced.
The five elements of indirect characterization (STEAL)
What are speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks.
The Lin family is out of place when it comes to American table manners.
What is character v. society?
Using events, people, places, or things in order to represent an idea.
What is symbolism?
"Walking back, looking at me, she held the three sharp pencils like three little knives."
What is a simile?
The part of the story where the conflict begins to be resolved.
What is the falling action?
Find one piece of evidence that indirectly characterizes June from TOTOJ.
Answers vary.
The incident that inspires the conflict.
What is the inciting incident?
Appeals to the 5 senses.
What is imagery?
"I am the dream and the hope of the slave."
What is a metaphor?