Plot Structure
In Salvation, this moment occurs when Langston is the last child still sitting on the bench.
What is the rising action?
In Girl, the mother’s long list of commands reveals her daughter’s character through this method.
What is indirect characterization?
Salvation is told from this point of view.
What is first person?
The bright, sunny field at the beginning of The Flowers creates this mood.
What is peaceful/innocent?
The primary conflict in Popular Mechanics is this type.
What is man vs. man?
In The Flowers, the flowers Myop picks at the beginning symbolize this.
What is innocence?
In The Flowers, it is ironic that Myop begins her day picking flowers and ends it discovering this.
What is a dead body?
The climax of Popular Mechanics happens at the moment the parents do this.
What is physically pull the baby apart?
In Popular Mechanics, readers learn about the parents mainly through this, since no background is given.
What is there actions?
The Lesson is told from this point of view.
What is first person?
The cramped apartment in Popular Mechanics helps create this tense mood.
What is hostile/tense?
In Salvation, Langston experiences this type of conflict.
What is man vs. self?
In Girl, the bread the mother teaches her daughter to bake symbolizes this expectation for her future.
What is domestic responsibility (or traditional gender roles)?
In Salvation, it is ironic that Langston is supposed to be saved but instead does this.
What is lies about seeing Jesus?
In The Flowers, the climax point occurs when Myop discovers this
What is the dead man’s body?
In The Lesson, Sylvia’s anger and thoughts reveal her character through this technique.
What is internal thoughts (indirect characterization)?
Popular Mechanics is told from this point of view, where readers see only actions.
What is (Third Person)objective?
The church revival setting in Salvation creates this emotional atmosphere.
What is pressure/expectation?
A central theme of The Lesson can be expressed as this idea about money and society.
What is economic inequality limits opportunity?
In The Lesson, the expensive toys symbolize this larger social issue.
What is economic inequality?
In Salvation, readers understand Langston’s doubt about seeing Jesus while the adults believe he has been saved. (Name the type of irony)
What is dramatic Irony?
In The Lesson, the falling action begins after the children leave this place.
What is the toy store (F.A.O. Schwarz)?
The husband and wife in Popular Mechanics are examples of this type of character because they lack depth and background.
What are flat characters?
The Flowers is told from this point of view that follows Myop closely.
What is third person limited?
The toy store setting in The Lesson highlights this social issue.
What is economic inequality?
In The Moths, the conflict between the narrator and her family expectations is this type.
What is man vs. society?
In Salvation, the “seeing Jesus” that never happens symbolizes this.
What is lost faith (or doubt)?
In Salvation, it is ironic that Langston is supposed to be saved but instead does this. (Name the type of ironly)
What is Situational Irony?
In A Good Man is Hard to Find, the resolution occurs immediately after this character is shot.
Who is the grandmother?
In The Moths, the grandmother is revealed as compassionate and wise primarily through this method. (Think: How do we learn about the grandmother? Is it directly or indirectly?)
What is her actions (indirect characterization)?
A Good Man is Hard to Find is told from this point of view that allows insight into multiple characters.
What is third person omniscient?
In Salvation, the late-night church service filled with singing and waiting creates a setting where this emotion builds for Langston.
What is pressure?
In Girl, the mother’s instructions suggest a theme about how society teaches young women to do
What is conform to social expectations?
In The Moths, the moths gathering around the light symbolize this about the grandmother’s life and death.
What is the soul moving toward peace (or release/death)
If President Trump said the following about the halftime show--"Bad Bunny, Beautiful Bad Bunny just surpassed Buggs Bunny as the greatest Bunny of all time" this would be an example of what kind of irony?
What is verbal irony?