Narrative
When 2 or more characters are speaking/having a conversation in a story.
What is dialogue?
Junior's best friend in Part-Time Indian.
Who is Rowdy?
The writer's position: the point they are trying to make.
What is a thesis/claim?
The name of the poem we read by Taylor Lauren.
What is "Coming of Age?"
The amount of years Ms. McLaughlin and Ms. Thorson have been teaching together.
What is one year?
The most dramatic and important part of the story.
What is the climax?
The main idea or lesson of a story.
What is theme?
Statistics, facts, quotations, surveys, etc., that help prove reasoning.
What is evidence?
The name of Akeelah's spelling bee coach.
Who is Dr. Larabee?
The number of children Ms. Thorson and Ms. McLaughlin has combined.
What is two?
Taste, touch, sound, smell, and sight; these 5 characteristics make up this narrative technique.
What is imagery?
The practice of examining something, such as a book or poem, for meaning and importance.
What is analysis?
The opposing viewpoint.
What is a counterargument?
The theme we examined in each text we read.
What is coming of age (or growing up)?
The career Ms. Thorson had before teaching.
What is the military?
Where and when a story takes place.
What is setting?
The nerdy white kid that Junior meets in Reardan.
Who is Gordy?
The way in which we evaluate a source. (Acronym is CRAAP.)
What is currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose?
The reason why Akeelah's coach stopped coaching her.
What is the loss of his daughter, Denise?
The state Ms. M lived in before Washington.
What is Missouri?
Metaphore/simile, onomatopoeia, personification, and imagery.
What are examples of literary devices?
The real-life reservation Junior lived on in Part-Time Indian that is located in Spokane, Washington. Author Sherman Alexie also grew up here.
What is the Wellpinit Indian Reservation?
Author's last name, first name. "Title of source." Publisher. Volume/edition. Publication date, location. Date accessed (for websites only).
What is MLA Citation Format?
The actor who played Akeelah in Akeelah and the Bee.
Who is Keke Palmer?
Ms. McLaughlin and Ms. Thorson's cat's names.
Who is Poe, Belle, and Bijoux.