In "It's That It Hurts", the boy only kind of wants to be one of these.

In this point of view, the author participates in the action.

These are things that stand for or represent something else (like Hitler or a Prius).

This writing guru describes the set piece as "something small and beautiful".

Mrs. Dalvand and Ms. Krishnaswamy.

In A&P, Updike shows us 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 5-10 years.

This was Sonia Sanchez's vow at the end of "Norma". And her life suggests that she kept her vow.

One of these is just a "retelling" that includes only the key ideas from the original.

Finish this sentence: If the novel is a marathon, then the set piece is _______.

A particular set of ideas about knowledge, truth, the meaning of life etc. Oh, and we presented ours this year.

We "make" these using the evidence from the stories we read, but making wrong ones will wreck any response.

"Harrison Bergeron" is one of these, a literary work holding up human vices and follies for scorn and ridicule.

It appears at the end of the introduction, is one sentence in length and is clear and simple.

In the essay we read about set pieces, the writer compares writers practicing their craft to practicing the fundamentals of two sports. Name one.

In this class, we unapologetically emphasize the importance of using your brain for this type of thinking, so you don't become "a stupid".

In "It's That It Hurts" the boy may not exactly realize it, but he is feeling the negative effects of this.

He's being prejudged.

The boy's waffles and bacon tip and everything is stuck to him, but the breakfast is just a metaphor for this.

DAILY DOUBLE! Themes are the messages that authors are sending, but to find them, it helps to locate these re-occurring big ideas.

Simile, metaphor, style, voice, mood, imagery and tone for example.

It's Mrs. Sun's first name.

By quitting his job in the A&P, Sammy was asserting his individuality, while at the same time rejecting it's opposite, this.

Raymond Carver's "Everything Stuck to Him", was written from this rare point of view.

Another way of saying "on purpose", we must assume that authors use words and plot stories this way (hint: It's an adverb).

Writing a set piece is a way for students to use this childish trait before society forcefully removes it from them.

DAILY DOUBLE! The green pigment in leaves that slowly disappears when weather gets colder. It's why leaves change color in autumn.