Literary Terms 1
A literary terms conveys the overall vibe or atmosphere of the story
What is Mood?
The time and place a story takes place.
What is Setting?
The protagonist in "A Sound of Thunder."
The reason why King says he was in Birmingham.
What is him being invited and/or that there is injustice there?
The capital of Pennsylvania.
What is Harrisburg?
What is Foreshadowing?
Those participating in a story (person, animals, things, etc.).
What are Characters?
The two main rules the hunters must follow while on the safari.
What is only shooting the marked dinosaur and staying on the path?
King's explanation for people to not be called "outsiders."
What is that you can't be an outsider if you're an American (or something similar)?
How many stripes are on the U.S. flag?
What is 13?
A term that refers to the central idea or message of a story.
What is Theme?
A literary device that involves giving human characteristics to non-human things.
What is Personification?
What is Prehistoric times or times with dinosaurs?
The difference between a just and unjust law.
What is a just law being morally acceptable for society but an unjust law degrading humans in some way?
What is skin?
An interruption of chronological events to reference things that happened in the past.
What is Flashback?
The use of specific objects to represent larger ideas
What is Symbolism?
The thing that Eckles steps on that drastically changes the future.
What is a Butterfly?
The four basic steps of nonviolent direction.
What is collecting facts, negotiating, self-purification, and direction action?
A group of crows is called this.
What is a Murder?
When excitement and curiosity build throughout the conflict and plot of the story.
What is Tension?
A problem that has to be solved (mainly between the protagonist and antagonist)
What is Conflict?
The lesson/main theme of A Sound of Thunder.
Answers will vary.
Explain what MLK Jr. mean in the following quote:
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Answers will vary.
The plastic tip on your shoelace is called this.
What is Aglet?