ELA 30-2 Diploma Text Flashcards
Author of The Curious Incident of the Dog at Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Director of the Peanut Butter Falcon
Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz
Main character in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Oskar
The name of Christopher’s pet rat
Toby
Mrs. Shears’s dog was named this?
Wellington
The name of Elroy Berdahl’s lodge?
The Tip Top Lodge
Why was Tim O’Brien wanting to flee to Canada?
He was conscripted to fight in the Vietnam war. He thought he was too good for the war. So he thought about fleeing to avoid his civic duty.
Spell the author’s name of “On the Rainy River”.
T-I-M O-‘-B-R-I-E-N
Where is Midnight Dogrib Runner’s set?
Fort Smith, NWT, Canada
Who is the author of Midnight Dogrib Runners?
Richard Van Camp
Define Despair
Hopeless or a loss of hope
Define Endeavour
to exert oneself to do or effect something; make an effort; strive:
Define Foreboding
A strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.;
presentiment.
Define Gullible
easily deceived or cheated.
Define Impending
about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage.
Define Monotonous
Lacking in variety; tediously unvarying: the monotonous flat scenery.
Define Predatory
pertaining to, or characterized by plunder, pillage, robbery, or exploitation:
predatory tactics.
Define Reconcile
Reconcile: to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was
reconciled to his fate.
Define Suppress
To put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress
the Communist party.
Define Traditionalist
Adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
Define Vivid
Strikingly bright or intense, as color, light, etc.: a vivid green.
Define Withdrawn
Removed from circulation, contact, competition: shy, reticent
Define irony
you expect something to happen but the opposite actually happens.
Define metaphor
comparison made between two things that are unalike. A way of saying something without saying it.
Define personification
Giving life like features to an object
Define onomatopoeia
using words to imitate the sound associated with sounds or objects. BOING
Define hyperbole
an exaggeration
Define Allusion
reference to something like a book within a different story.
Define Oxymoron
figure of speech in which two contradictory terms appear next to each other JUMBO SHRIMP.
Define Simile
a comparison using like or as.
Define Analogy
A comparison between two different things to highlight some point of similarity. “As a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer”.
Format of a speech
Hook
Address your audience/thank them
Introduce oneself - use name provided from diploma
Explain why you are speaking to them today
Bring up 3 main points
Personal anecdote/joke
Thank them for their time
Finalize with main point.
Format of a Literary Essay
Intro:
Hook/explore the topic
Introduce the text, author and character in use
Introduce your personal connection
Thesis
Body 1 - Text 3 examples.
Body 2 - personal example.
Conclusion:
restate thesis
reintroduce text/author and character
End with a mic drop.
Format of a VR
Write a response about an image. Come up with an idea. Use evidence from the photo to prove it.
Add a personal example or relate it to your life in some way.
End with a summary response.
(shorter response)
