Characterization
Name the two forms of characterization
Direct and Indirect Characterization
Define Setting
When & where the story takes place (time, location, social environment, etc.)
What is the literary strategy used in the following sentence?
The first shock was touch-a cool wind, hot sand, hair against faces
Imagery (Tactile Imagery)
There are two categories for conflict. Name the two categories.
Internal and External Conflict
What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?
A metaphor compares two unrelated subjects without using comparison words (like, as); A simile compares two unrelated subjects with comparison words (like, as)
Is the characterization represented in the following statement direct or indirect?
That stupid Phyllis Lopez, who is even dumber than Sylvia Saldivar, says she remembers the red sweater is hers
Direct Characterization
Define Dramatic Irony
When the audience or reader knows crucial information that the characters in the story do not know, creating tension or humor
What is the literary strategy used in the following sentence? Explain your answer
Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden dolls that fit one inside the other, each year inside the next one.
Simile
Name the four kinds of external conflicts
Person vs. Person, Person vs. Nature, Person vs. Society, and Person vs. Supernatural
Your best friend tells you that your partner is an ugly liar. What kind of characterization is this?
Direct; You are being directly told a description of your partner through the use of adjectives, verbs, and/or nouns (ugly, liar)
What would the main conflict be in a story about a zombie apocalypse? If it is external, name the specific kind of external conflict. Explain.
External Conflict; Person Vs. Supernatural; Zombies do not exist in real life and their are non-human entities.
A bank is robbed after you saw a man with a gun and a large bag walking into the bank. What kind of irony is this and why?
Dramatic Irony; You saw the robber enter the bank before anyone else in the bank knew what was about to happen
Saying the opposite of what you mean is what kind of literary device?
Verbal Irony
Is the conflict represented in the sentence below internal or external conflict? If it is external, what kind of external conflict is it?
“Rachel, ”Mrs. Price says. She says it like she’s getting mad. “You put that sweater on right now and no more nonsense.”
External Conflict; Person Vs. Person
In the Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy got swept away by a tornado, what kind of external conflict is represented there? Explain.
Person vs. Nature; A tornado is a natural disaster. Even though the Wizard of Oz is a magical tale, the tornado in the beginning indicates a conflict between the main character and nature.
Is the characterization represented in the following statement direct or indirect? Explain how you know.
An argument broke out—Subjects 726, 45, and 889 raised voices, then Subject 45 struck 889’s jaw. We saw the satisfaction on 45’s face, the thrill of power
Indirect Characterization; Subject 45 is portrayed as violent through his actions
What writing strategy is represented in the following passage? Explain your answer.
“Do you remember the diamond necklace I borrowed for the ball? I lost it. I replaced it with another just like it. For ten years my husband and I have paid for it—every sou of thirty-six thousand francs. At last it is finished.” Madame Forestier stopped, horrified. “You replaced it? But my dear Mathilde—my necklace was only paste! It was worth no more than five hundred francs.”
Irony (Situational Irony); Mathilde and her husband went broke replacing Madame Forestier's necklace, only for the necklace to have been fake and inexpensive.
What connotation does the word shabby have as it is used in the following sentence?
Outside, shivering and ashamed to be seen in her simple coat beside women in rich furs, she hurried into the night. They searched for a cab, wandering the streets until they found a shabby carriage that carried them home
Negative
A bank is robbed after you saw a man with a gun and a large bag walking into the bank. What literary strategy does this scenario represent? Why?
Dramatic Irony; You saw the robber enter the bank before anyone else in the bank knew what was about to happen
You're walking down the street and you see a professional comedian make someone cry. What literary strategy does this scenario represent? Why?
Situational irony; Comedians are supposed to make people laugh, so you would not expect them to make someone cry
What is the literary strategy used in the following passage? Explain your reasoning.
There was a buzz. One of the small boys, Henry, said that he wanted to go home. "Shut up", said Ralph absently. He lifted the conch. "Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things".
Indirect Characterization; The passage shows Ralph telling Henry to shut up after he speaks, which tells the reader that Ralph could be rude, upset about what Henry has said, or both
What writing strategy is represented in the following statement? Explain your answer.
So we designed an experiment: what if we could enter human-like bodies and sense the world as they did? We built twelve hundred “flesh suits” of all shapes and ages, programmed to eat, sleep, sweat, and crave touch. Most dangerously, each would be cut off from the collective. No longer one, each part of us would experience individuality.
Foreshadowing; "Most dangerously" suggests that something bad or dangerous will most likely happen later on
What is the literary strategy that is represented by the italicized line in the following passage? Explain your answer.
"The birds cried, small animals scuttered. Ralph's breath failed; the note dropped the octave, became a low wubber, was a rush of air. The conch was silent, a gleaming tusk
Metaphor; The underlined portion represents a comparison of the conch to a "gleaming tusk" without using comparison words.
Is the main conflict of The Lady, or the Tiger internal or external? If it is external, what kind of external conflict? Explain your answer
Internal Conflict, The princess is dealing with her own jealousy throughout the story, and is ultimately given a choice to allow her lover to marry another woman, or send him to his death
What literary strategy is best represented in the following passage? Explain your reasoning.
Loisel had eighteen thousand from his inheritance. The rest he borrowed in bits and pieces, signing ruinous notes, begging from moneylenders, selling his future for a jewel. At last, they bought the replacement. When Mathilde returned it, Madame Forestier remarked coldly, “You should have brought it back sooner—I might have needed it.” She did not open the case.
Foreshadowing; "She did not open the case" suggests that if Madame Forestier did open the case in that moment, there would be a surprise reaction or outcome. It also gives the reader a hint to what will happen at the end of the story, when Madame Forestier tells Mathilde that the necklace was cheap