Literary Devices
A word that sounds like what it is describing.
What is onomatopoeia?
The author of Long Way Down.
Who is Jason Reynolds?
Odysseus's son, who eventually married Circe (who also had a child with Odysseus).
Who is Telemachus (T-Mac)?
The three main parts of a body paragraph.
What are claim, evidence, and warrant?
The four types of conflict in a story.
What is character vs. self/society/character/nature?
The author of "Still I Rise", and a mentor to 2Pac.
Who is Maya Angelou?
The woman who is said to have started the Trojan War after she was taken from her husband, Menelaus, by Paris of Troy.
Who is Helen?
The place where the thesis goes in an essay.
What is the introduction (beginning) of an essay?
The literary device used in the following quote from "The Rose That Grew From Concrete":
"Proving nature's law wrong it / learned to walk without having feet" (Shakur).
What is personification?
The three rules in Long Way Down.
What are no crying, no snitching, and get revenge?
The nymph who held Odysseus hostage for 7 years and offered him a life of immortal bliss.
Who is Calypso?
The correct way to cite evidence (what goes in the parentheses).
What is (AuthorLastName Page#)?
The symbolic meaning of the battered, old black box of names in "The Lottery".
What is tradition?
A word or phrase that Will enjoyed in Long Way Down, created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase, i.e. scare=cares.
What is an anagram?
The steps of the Hero's Journey (name at least 3).
What are Unusual Birth or Childhood, Call to Adventure, Crossing the Threshold, Challenges or Trials, Supernatural Helper or Mentor, Special Weapon, Abyss or Temptation, Transformation, Return Home, and Master of Two Worlds?
The definition of a warrant.
What is the analysis that connects the claim to the evidence; the reason why?
Words that should NOT be included in a theme.
What are "I believe", "should/should not", "never/always", etc.?
According to Chimamanda Adiche, this is the "Danger of a Single Story".
What is the creation of stereotypes, which are not necessarily untrue, but are incomplete?
These are the visual text codes that appear on this page (name at least 2).
What are bird's eye view, onomatopoeia, cool colors, facial expressions, etc. ?
Features of an effective claim.
What are "restates and answers the prompt, stated like a fact (not an opinion), and takes a stance"?