Literary Devices
The author's attitude
What is tone?
What is a protagonist?
the protagonist in The Giver
the real monsters on Maple Street
Who are the people of Maple Street?
the most common sentence-ending punctuation
What is a period?
The feeling the author attempts to give the reader through words
What is mood?
causes problems for the protagonist
What is antagonist?
shares a name with a classmate of Ms. Schroeder and is the protagonist in The Watsons Go to Birmingham
Who is Kenny Watson?
Figures One and Two
Who are the aliens?
LIES helps us remember these punctuation rules
What is comma?
words whose definitions begin with "The sound that..."
What is onomatopoeia?
the events of a story
What is plot?
a troublemaker and the reason the Watson family goes to Birmingham
Who is Byron Watson?
it could be anywhere, really, but is definitely in the US during present-day (when it was written)
What is the setting of The Monsters are Due on Maple Street?
part of speech that needs to change when the tense of a sentence changes
What is a verb?
same sounds at the beginnings of words in succession
What is alliteration?
I have told you the location of a story, but that's not a complete setting, as it is missing this
What is time?
FLIPS over a boy then has her heartbroken due to eggs then the boy falls for her
Who is Juli Baker?
last name is a play on words to show he is a good man
Who is Les Goodman?
Ms. Schroeder's favorite Taylor Swift song
a metaphor that's really more of a passing reference to another text/famous person/historical event
What is allusion?
the point in the story that everything leads to then comes after, as far as plot is concerned - the story rises to it then falls off it
What is climax?
Who is Harry Bittering?
the author of Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Who is Rod Serling?
All four reflections and the letter to the teacher in the portfolio
What is the writing portion of the final exam?