Nonfiction
What is a first-person written account of a person's life from a specific time or memory?
Memoir
Who is the author of Tuesdays with Morrie?
Mitch Albom
Lord of the Flies is an extended metaphor comparing "the beast" to the inner darkness that lives within all human beings. That makes it an ...
ALLEGORY
A person, animal, or inanimate object portrayed in a literary work
Character
What are are elements of a non-fiction work that help organize information?
Text Features
What do we call the short statements that are very deep in meaning that Morrie says a lot throughout the book?
Aphorisms
Who wrote Lord of the Flies?
William Golding
a word that means the opposite of another word
antonym
What makes a memoir majorly different than an autobiography?
They are not fact checked!
What is the name of the interviewer who comes to interview Morrie for TV?
Ted Koppel
What is the climax of Lord of the Flies?
an implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event
allusion
What is the text feature that explains through words what is shown in an illustration?
Caption
What is the name of the university where Morrie taught at and what course did he teach?
Brandeis & Sociology
What do Ralph, Piggy, Simon, and Jack represent?
Ralph - Civilization in society
Piggy - Intelligence in society
Simon - Purity/Wisdom
Jack - Evil in Society
One or more letters occurring as a bound form attached to the beginning, end, or base of a word and serving to produce a derivative word or an inflectional form
Affix
What are the three characteristics of a memoir?
Written in first-person pov, authors utilize "show don't tell," theme is present throughout
Morrie is struggling with ALS. What do the letters ALS stand for?
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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An author's choice of words, phrases, sentence structures and figurative language, which combine to create meaning and tone
Diction