Literary Elements
The way an author describes a characters personality and motivations.
What is characterization?
The squares/rectangles that contain a single scene.
What are panels?
The TV show that George Takei is known for
What is Star Trek?
The Lieutenant who carried the most guilt for his men dying
Who is Jimmy Cross?
The sentence that focuses the main argument of an essay or paper.
What is the thesis?
When a person, object, or event represents a larger idea
What is symbolism?
The space between panels to be filled in by the reader's imagination.
What is gutter?
Forbidden item the mom brought to the camps
What is the sewing machine?
O'Brien's reason for not running away to Canada when he had the chance
What is shame/embarrassment?
The feeling or atmosphere a reader experiences while reading a story.
What is mood?
The struggle between characters or forces with opposing desires, values, or motivations.
What is conflict?
These represent what a character is saying or thinking.
What are speech/thought balloons?
The year did the President issue Executive Order 9066 to forcibly remove Japanese Americans
What is 1942?
Who is Linda?
This is the group of people that a writer intends to reach with their work.
Who is the audience?
The time and place of a story, as well as the social and environmental conditions in which it takes place
What is setting?
A whole page image, usually depicting action.
What is a splash?
The Japanese Americans were asked to answer no-no to these questions
What is the loyalty questionnaire?
This is how you can keep the dead alive
What is telling stories?
The reason or intent behind their writing, essentially the "why" behind the creation of a text
What is author's purpose?
A recurring idea, image, symbol, or object that helps develop a story's theme or mood.
What is a motif?
These indicate how characters or objects are moving.
What are motion lines?
The magic words the older boys tricked George into yelling at the officers
What is Sakana Beach?
She became part of Vietnam
Besides the thesis, these elements should be contained in an opening paragraph.
What is hook, intro the texts, define terms, audience, context, purpose?