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ELA Review 9/23/26
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| the methods an author uses to develop the characters in a story. The author can tell you about a character directly or indirectly | Characterization |
| "Mother picked up one of the green stalks, and Father followed suit. Then I picked up a stalk, and my brother did too. So there we sat, each with a stalk of celery in our right hand," (Namioka 1). | Indirect Characterization; Risktakers |
| "I wasn't sure how she would feel about me after the spectacle our family made at the party. But she was just the same as usual, and the only reference she made to the party was, 'Hope you and your folks got enough to eat last night'" (Namioka 3). | Indirect Characterization; The Gleasons are kind. |
| 'I'm sorry, I say innocently. 'I thought you were in a hurry to get the flour.'..'Couldn't you borrow a girl's bicycle?'complained Mother.'There aren't too many of those around,' I said'Almost all the girls wear jeans while riding a bike..." (Namioka 5). | Indirect Characterization; The narrator is clever. |
| the "problem or struggle in the story which triggers the action. There are internal and external conflicts. | Conflicts |
| Man vs. Man | External |
| Man vs. Society | External |
| Man vs. Himself | internal |
| Man vs. Nature | External |
| Man vs. Fate (God) | External |
| Man vs. Supernatural | External |
| Man vs. Machine | Technology |
| "We had emigrated to this country from China, and during our early days here we had a hard time with American table manners" (Namioka 1). | Conflict; Man vs. Society |
| a figure of speech--and exaggeration or overstatement | hyperbole |
| "The waiter stood long and patient. I squirmed and died at least fifty times" (Namokia 7). | hyperbole-embarrassed |
| 'Even the customer didn't notice anything at first, being also hypnotized...(Namokia 8). | hyperbole |
| "I glance at Meg, to see if she needed more food, and my eyes nearly popped out at the sight of her plate" (Namokia 10). | hyperbole |
| this is used to describe the words or phrases which bring forth a certain picture or image in the mind of the reader. It appeals to the senses- what can be seen, heard, felt, etc... | imagery |
| "And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth" (Frost 1). | imagery |
| "The tray looked pretty, with its tiny red radishes, curly sticks of carrots, and long, slender stalks of pale green celery" (Namioka 1). | imagery |
| the difference between what appears to be and what really is. There are three types: situational, dramatic and verbal. | irony |
| "Sour cream sounded perfectly revolting" (Namioka 1). | juxtaposition |
| "Together they met: strong and weak; mournful and hopeful; persistent and diminished" (Rinaldi 1). | juxtaposition |
| a comparison between two subjects without using "like" or "as." | metaphor |
| A fork in the road is being compared to making life decisions in life. | extended metaphor of "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost |
| "In this hole in the heart of the city, in a quiet and somber voice, Barack Obama began his speech for the occasion..." (Rinaldi 1). | metaphor; personification |
| the feeling or atmosphere the writer creates in the minds of the reader. | mood |
| "On a bright spring morning, while flags flew at half-staff in the Memorial Plaza far above, some seven hundred people had made the long descent to gather in this chamber" (Rinaldi 1). | imagery |
| "Everyone seemed to eat the raw vegetables quite happily" (Namioka 2). | mood |
| "Shloop, went my father. Shloop, went my mother. Shloop, Shloop, went my brother who was the hungriest" (Namioka 7). | Onomonpetia to shift awkward mood to humor |
| a figure of speech in which human qualities are assigned to non-human things, or life is given to inanimate objects. | personification |
| "In the weeks following, I managed to push the whole thing into the back of my mind, where it jumped out at me only a few times a day." (Namioka 8). | personification |
| "The words echoed across the hall off a graffiti-covered steel beam, standing tall in this part of the museum, a remnant of the towers" (Rinaldi 2). | personification |
| "...bolted in place as if it were still holding back the tidal waters of the nearby Hudson River" (Rinaldi 1). | personification |
| the repeating of a word or phrase to create a rhythm or emphasize a point | repetition |
| the time and place in which the action of a literary work takes place | setting |
| "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood" (Frost 1). | setting; fall |
| "The first time our family was invited out to dinner in America..." (Namioka 1). | setting; America |
| a comparison between two objects using the words "like" or "as." | simile |
| "Our family beat a retreat back to the sofa as if chased by enemy soldiers" (Namioka 2). | simile |
| A device in literature where an object represents an idea | symbol |
| "...and so too would the story of his finest moments, his selflessness, a fatal choice on that September morning: Welles Crowther was the man in the red bandanna" ( Rinaldi 2). | symbol=bravery |
| main or central idea or message in a work of literature. This message is usually about life, society or human nature | theme |
| Big Decisions have big impact. | theme of The Road Not Taken |
| Everyone is nervous when making big decisions. | theme of The Road Not Taken |
| Although we have our differences we are more similar then we are different. | theme of All American Slurp |
| Experiencing other cultures will help you assimilate. | theme of All American Slurp |
| the attitude a writer or character takes toward a subject | tone |
| altruism | hero (Welles Crowther) |
| adapt another culture | assimilate |
| "Next day we took the bus downtown and she bought me a pair of jeans. In the same week, my brother made the baseball team of his junior high school, Father started taking driving lessons, and Mother discovered rummage sales" (Namioka 5). | How the Lins are assimilating into American culture. |
| "But by the time we had been in this country for three months, our family was definitely making progress toward becoming Americanized" (Namioka 8). | How the Lins are assimilating into American culture. |
| to move from one country to another | emigrate |
| "We had emigrated to this country from China...." | emigrate |
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