Fig Lang
What is a simile?
Comparing using like or as
What do you put at the end of a sentence?
A period
What is theme?
The main idea or underlying message that the author conveys through the story and events
What is plot?
The sequence of connected events that make up a narrative
What point of view is it written in
First person
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two things by stating that one is the other
What do you do at the start of a sentence?
Capitalize the first letter
How do you find the theme?
By analyzing the characters, plot, and events of the story
What is setting?
The time, place, and circumstances in which something occurs or develops
What is the theme?
Survival and hope
What is personification
The attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman
What punctuation mark indicates a pause between parts of a sentence
A comma
How can characters or events contribute to the theme?
They can show development and different messages that tell the main idea
What is point of view?
The perspective the story is written in
What is the main conflict?
How Yanek struggles to survive, keeps his identity and is forced into concentration camps
What is a hyperbole?
Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken seriously
What do you use to connect two independent clauses that are closely related
A semicolon
Why is theme important?
It tells the main idea and message of the story
What is conflict?
The tension that drives the plot forward
Where does it take place?
Kraków, Poland in 1939
What is an idiom?
A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning that's different from the literal meanings of the words in it
What punctuation mark is used to indicate possession or form plural letters
An apostrophe
How can theme help the story?
It helps give emotion and tell the main idea of the story
What is tone?
The authors attitude
What is the tone?
Sad and desperate