1. by Laurie Halse Anderson
Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson

2. Characters Melinda Sordino Heather Billings Rachel/Rachelle Bruin
Mr. Neck
Hairwoman
Ivy
David Petrakis
Mr. Freeman
Andy Evans IT

3. Setting Syracuse, New York
Begins in the summer before a girl’s freshman year of high school
Time period of the novel takes the reader through the entire school year. Four “marking periods”…

4. Literary Terms Allusion Author’s Style Comic Relief Conflict Imagery
Protagonist and Antagonist
Simile and Metaphor
Tone

5. Point of View The story is told in first person point of view.
What is first person?

6. Literary Terms and Definitions
Allusion: a reference to a person, place, poem, book, event, etc., which is not part of the story.
Antagonist: the person or force that is in conflict with, or opposes, the protagonist.
Author’s style:we will talk about this later.
Comic relief: the intrusion of humor interrupting or immediately following a scene of great excitement.

7. More terms…
Conflict: the struggle that moves the action forward in a work of literature.
Three types of conflict: man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. himself.
Imagery: the use of words to evoke impressions and meanings that are more than just the basic, accepted definitions of the words themselves.

8. Terms… Protagonist Similes and metaphors
Tone-the atmosphere in a literary work or the attitude the author puts in a literary work.