What are the three aspects you have to consider when finding the setting of a text?
The physical, temporal, and cultural context.
How do we identify Mood in a story?
Pay attention to the connotations of descriptions.
Name the five phases of plot. IN ORDER.
Man vs. Nature!
What is the difference between a utopia and a dystopia?
A utopia is an ideal version of the world, where everything is perfect (according to an ideology or religion).
A dystopia is a nightmare version of the world.
What aspects of a temporal setting do we have to keep in mind when reading?
The technology available/unavailable to the characters, the political climate of the time, major events impacting life during that era....
What is mood?
The feeling or atmosphere a story creates for the reader (us).
What element of fiction drives the plot of a story forward?
Conflict!
Man vs. Self
What do we call "a reference to a person, place, or literary/historical/artistic/mythological source or event?
An allusion
What is the physical setting of Harrison Bergeron?
The physical setting is in America, in the Bergeron's home/living room, and/or in the ballet studio.
How does Foreshadowing (early clues about what will happen later) impact mood?
It can build suspense for the reader. It can create a sense of anxiety, tension, or fear.
Exposition
Man vs. Society
What point of view is told through the eyes of a singular character? ("I went..." "I am...")
First Person
How can a story's setting contribute to what we know about a character?
By how the character reacts to the setting. (Ex. Harrison Bergeron seizing the opportunity at the ballet tells us he's brave and bold.)
What was the dominant mood in "Searching for Summer?"
Dismal, depressing, sad, dreary, drab
What phase is the pinnacle of the plot?
The climax.
Man vs. Technology
What is the difference between a "flat" vs. a "round" character?
A flat character is an unoriginal and un-interesting character.
A round character is a character as complex and flawed as a real person.
How can plot and setting be interconnected?
The setting creates conflict/ The action in the plot is so closely tied to the setting, that the plot is driven by the setting.
What is connotation?
The personal meaning we think of for a singular word. (Remember, "crammed" vs. "cozy?")
What happens during the Rising Action phase of plot?
Man vs. Nature
What is the difference between a "static" character and a "dynamic" character?
A static character doesn't change or grow over the course of a story.
A dynamic character does grow and change over the course of a story.
Name two types of conflict a setting can create.
Man vs. Society, Man vs. Technology, Man vs. Nature
How can mood be created in film? (Name either the 3 C's or the 3 S's.)
C's: Color, Character, Camera
S's: Story, Setting, Sound
What is the turning point between Exposition and Rising Action?
The Inciting Incident.
Man vs. Society
In what point of view can the narrator be invisible, yet view everything?
Omniscient POV