Across
- 1. Simile, metaphor, style,, voice, mood, imagery and tone for example. [2]
- 7. Raymond Carver's "Everything Stuck to Him", was written from this rare point of view and style.[6]
- 8. One of these is just a "retelling" that includes only the key ideas from the original.
- 11. We have some published authors on this site. [2]
- 12. Norma had these. It means she used drug needles.
- 14. In "It's That It Hurts", the boy only kind of wants to be one of these.
- 16. A synonym for theme. Paintings, stories, songs and photographs have them.
- 18. This is Mrs. Dalvand's first name.
- 19. The acronym for the local university at which Carver taught for a time.
- 21. It appears at the end of the introduction, is one sentence in length and is clear and simple.
- 22. In the piece we read about set pieces, the writer compares writers practicing their craft to this. [4]
- 24. "Symbols have _____ meanings."
- 25. We "make" these using evidence from the stories we read, but making wrong ones will wreck a response.
- 26. A particular set of ideas about knowledge, truth, the meaning of life etc. Oh, and we presented ours this year.
- 30. The boy's waffles and bacon tip and everything is stuck to him, but the breakfast is just a metaphor for this. [4]
- 31. In A&P, Updike shows Sammy's future. Lengel is what Sammy will end up like if he stays where he is. And this married with children character is basically Sammy in a few years.
- 34. Another way of saying "on purpose", we must assume that authors use words and create stories this way (hint: It's an adverb).
Down
- 2. Writing a set piece is a way for students to use this childish trait before society forcefully removes it from them.
- 3. Finish this sentence: If the novel is a marathon, then the set piece is _______.
- 4. She goes to the dump with the children and warns that where the smoke is, there is heat underneath. [2]
- 5. When citing textual evidence, give only the most _____ part of the quote.
- 6. In "It's That It Hurts",the boy may not exactly realize it, but he feels the negative effects of these real world problems. He's being prejudged for his race. [3]
- 9. This was Sonia Sanchez's vow at the end of "Norma". And the life she's led suggests that she kept her vow. [4]
- 10. The Warriors defeated this NBA team to win their 4th championship. [2]
- 13. This writing guru describes the set piece as "something small and beautiful". [2]
- 15. Title of Vonnegut's most famous work. [2]
- 17. "Harrison Bergeron" is one of these, a literary work holding up human vices and follies for scorn and ridicule.
- 20. In this point of view, the author participates in the action.[5]
- 23. By quitting his job in the A&P, Sammy was asserting his individuality while at the same time rejecting this (its opposite).
- 27. In "It's That It Hurts", the boy's parents were most likely these nomadic workers.
- 28. These are things that stand for or represent something else (like Hitler or a Prius).
- 29. Themes are the messages that authors are sending, but to find them, it helps to locate these recurring big ideas.
- 32. A small, private and well-crafted piece of writing.[2]
- 33. We use this citation style in Language Arts and history.