TALES
What does the 'T' stand for in TALES?
Topic sentence
What are the 2 things you should include in your citations?
Author's last name
page number
What family is Romeo a part of?
Montague
What plot twist happened in the story "Entwined"?
Professor Grammercy was a serial killer
Which type of conflict is internal?
Character v. self
What does the 'E' stand for in TALES?
Explain
How would you correctly cite from page 6 of Elie Wiesel's novel Night?
(Wiesel 6).
Which of the two characters dies first: Romeo or Juliet?
Romeo
"We intersect, like chains, or strands of DNA."
What kind of figurative language is this?
Simile
What is situational irony?
When what happens is different than what is expected
What does the 'A' stand for in TALES?
Add background
How do you cite from a Shakespeare play?
Shakespeare
Act.Scene.Line number
Example: (Shakespeare 3.2.234-236).
What important lesson did the Prince express at the end of the play?
Hate between families causes tragedy
What is a theme?
The universal message of a text. It is one full statement.
What is the full acronym for TALES?
topic sentence
add background
lift a line
explain
sum it all up
When Juliet claims, "My grave is like to be my wedding bed", what event can the reader predict is being foreshadowed?
She is going to die
Which type of literary device is used to create a mental image using description or figurative language?
Imagery
When writing the 'E' in TALES, what should you be writing? Explain your answer. Be specific.
You should be writing an explanation of your text evidence. Specifically, how your text evidence defends your claim from your topic sentence.
What is an example of dramatic irony in Romeo and Juliet?
Answers will vary...