Plot Elements
The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
What is a plot?
When a fictional character breaks away from the events of the story to talk to themselves or directly to the audience.
What is an aside?
A literary device that compares two things in an interesting and vivid way. Uses like or as.
What is a simile?
The sun smiled down on us,”
Personification
This type of figurative language appears when Shakespeare’s Macbeth says, “Life’s but a walking shadow,” equating existence directly with something
Metaphor
The introduction to a story, including the primary characters' names, setting, mood, and time.
What is exposition?
A long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.
What is a monologue?
A comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated.
What is a metaphor?
“Time is a thief,”
Metaphor
What is ‘the fizzing hiss’ an example of?
Onomatopoeia
The highest point of tension in a storyline, often depicted by a confrontation between the protagonist and antagonist.
What is climax?
The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
What is dialogue?
A literary device that gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects.
What is personification?
“Boom!” and “buzz” are examples of this type of figurative language
Onomatopoeia
In Martin Luther King Jr.’s repeated use of “I have a dream” at the beginning of his speech. This is used to show importance of something.
Repetition
The action that occurs immediately after the big climax has taken place and the action shifts towards resolution instead of escalation.
What is falling action?
A part of a play like a chapter in a book.
What is an act?
A literary device that uses the letter sounds of a word to imitate the natural sound emitted from an object or action. beep beep!
What is onomatopoeia?
“Her smile was brighter than the birth of a thousand suns” primarily exemplifies this form of figurative language, even though it includes a comparative word.
Hyperbole
In the line “The stars stitched silver secrets silently across the sky,” the dominant figurative device is not the repeating consonants, but.....
Personification
It is when you learn what happens to the characters after the CONFLICT is resolved.
What is resolution?
A short part of a story, at a specific time and place, between specific characters. (Think back to reading Hamlet!)
What is a scene?
DOUBLE POINTS Read first... from "Crying in H Mart"
Minestrone she’d order “steamy hot,” not “steaming hot,”...She was maybe the only person in the world who’d request “steamy hot” fries from a McDonald’s
The phrase “steamy hot” is repeated several times. What fig lang is this and what does this suggest about the mother’s character?
1. Repetition/Imagery
2. This suggests that the mother orders her food the same way despite ordering from different restaurants and likes her food that way. Also it shows her lack of comprehension of the English language. It repeats because the author emphasizes her mother always wants her food the same way every time.
In “The engine coughed, spluttered, and finally roared to life,”
Onomatopoeia
WHAT I NEVER seem to forget is what my mother ate. She was a woman of many “usuals.” Half a patty melt on rye with a side of steak fries to share at the Terrace Cafe after a day of shopping. An unsweetened iced tea with half a packet of Splenda, which she would insist she’d never use on anything else. Minestrone she’d order “steamy hot,” not “steaming hot,” with extra broth from the Olive Garden. On special occasions, half a dozen oysters on the half shell with champagne mignonette and “steamy hot” French onion soup from Jake’s in Portland.
Why does the narrator focus solely on the food her mother ate?
Because it defines her character, shows her connection to life and food, remembering what her mother ate, and showing she had usual foods she liked.