Plot
The time, place, and duration of the story.
What is the setting?
It is the main character of the story.
What is protagonist?
This type of conflict occurs in the short story, "Ambush" when the narrator is dealing with his decisions.
What is man vs. self?
The moment when the character has come face to face with the biggest part of the conflict. The most intense moment in the story.
What is the climax?
This is when the writer clearly tells us what a character is like.
What is direct characterization?
This is a type of conlict where the leading character struggles with himself/herself; with his/her own soul, ideas of right or wrong, physical limitations, choices, etc.
What is man vs. self?
The type of conflict shown here from "All Summer in a Day,"
"What’re you looking at?" said William. Margot said nothing.
"Speak when you’re spoken to." He gave her a shove.
What is man vs man?
"The winter storm outside made the sky look sad and depressed." This quote is an example off...
What is personification?
This story element is a struggle between two forces. It is introduced early on in the story and it helps the story progress.
What is conflict?
This type of character, like the narrator in "Ambush," has many sides or complexities to him.
What is round character?
A man organizing a peaceful protest at the state capitol because he feels his and other people's rights have not been respected is this type of conflict.
What is a man vs society?
The type of figurative language used here from "All Summer in a Day," "The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed."
What is simile?
"The girl's backpack felt as heavy as a sack of potatoes." This quote is an example....
What is a simile?
This is the part of the story where the characters, setting, and background of the story are revealed.
What is exposition?
This type of character, like Margot in "All Summer in a Day," does not change throughout the story.
What is static character?
The point of view this narration is told in, "knew then I had to have a house. A real house. One I could point to. But this isn’t it. The house on Mango Street isn’t it."
What is first person POV?
This is one of two types of conflicts: "Even now I haven’t finished sorting it out. Sometimes I forgive myself, other times I don’t. In the ordinary hours of life I try not to dwell on it, but now and then, when I’m reading a newspaper or just sitting alone in a room, I’ll look up and see the young man coming out of the morning fog"
What is internal conflict?
The character or force that gets in the way of the main character reaching his/her goals.
What is antagonist?
The part in the story that builds tension, conflicts intensify, and events become complicated.
What is rising action?
When the character is developed through dialogue, actions, and descriptions created by the writer. These serve as hints to help the reader get to know the character.
What is indirect characterization?
This is a point of view where the narrator is not a character in the story. the narrator is just following the characters around and describing what is happening to each of the characters. The reader only gets insight into one character's thoughts or ideas.
What is third person limited?
This is a type of characterization in "All Summer in a Day," She [..] looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair."
What is indirect characterization?
The figurative language used here, from "All Summer in a Day," "She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away,…"
What is metaphor?