Theme
Grammar
Text Structure
Figurative Language
Dialogue
100

This is another word for central idea.

What is theme?

100

This type of punctuation mark is used to show a pause or break in a sentence. 

What is a dash?

100

An author uses this strategy to show what happened to a character in the past.

What is a flashback?

100

This term means an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

What is an allusion?

100

This indicates that a character or characters are talking in a story.

What is dialogue?

200

A theme can be developed by this word which means where the story takes place.

What is setting?

200

Using the prefix, "sub," commonly indicates this direction.

What is under?

200

This means that a story is being told in the order that it is happening. 

What is chronological order?

200

This is connected to the attitude of a character or a setting in a story. 

What is tone?

200

When characters react to what somebody says and it causes them to make a decision. It means to give rise or create a strong response out of someone.

What is provoke?

300

A theme can be developed by this word which means what the general story is about. 

What is plot?

300

This punctuation mark works the same as dashes which means there will be a break or pause in a sentence. 

What is a comma?

300

This word also means that a story is told in a particular order. 

What is sequence?

300

This means to compare two things in order to explain or clarify.

What is an analogy?

300

Dialogue is typically used to move the story forward. This term also means to push the events of a story in a forward direction.

What is propel?

400
In "Flowers for Algernon," this theme is continually supported when the experiment fails to "fix" Charlie and Algernon. 

What is "Man Playing God?"

400

This is a term is for who or what the sentence is about.

What is a subject?

400

This term means to connect what is common with two types of text.

What is compare?

400

This term is an idea or feeling that a word invokes or emphasizes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. Authors give clues to these within the sentence.

What is connotation?

400

This line of dialogue provoked this character to make a decision, like get the operation: What fantastic levels might be achieved by using this technique on normal people?

Who is Charlie?

500

Out of these common themes, this choice would best support "Flowers for Algernon":

  • Beauty
  • Loyalty
  • Life and Death

What is "life and death?"

500

Researching Algernon would be more practical for Charlie, and studying the mouse would reveal a whole lot too. 

This italic phrase serves as this part of the sentence.  

What is a verb?

500

This term means to find the differences between two types of text. 

What is contrast?

500

This term is the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. 

What is denotation?

500

This line of dialogue made Charlie feel this type of way: 

"She cried and I cried too but I wouldnt let her in because I didnt want her to laugh at me," (page 376).

What is ashamed or embarrassed?