The main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
When what is said is the opposite of what is meant.
What is verbal irony?
The protagonist.
Who is Jonas?
The time and place of a story.
What is setting?
Joe wants to be class president, but so does Kim.
What is man vs. man?
The author literally tells the audience what a character is like via a narrator, another character, or by the character himself.
What is direct characterization?
When the audience knows something more than the characters do.
What is dramatic irony?
Imperfection is what makes life beautiful and meaningful.
What is theme?
The use of words or phrases and hints that set the stage for a story to unfold and give the reader a hint of something that is going to happen, without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense.
What is foreshadowing?
A hurricane destroys a family's home.
What is man vs. nature?
The quiet girl and her rambunctious brother strolled down the path to the beach.
What is direct characterization?
When what happens is the opposite of what you would expect to happen.
What is situational irony?
Jonas recalled the time that a jet that flew over the community, which was strictly forbidden.
What is flashback?
A transition in a story to an earlier time, that interrupts the normal chronological order of events.
What is flashback?
The main type of conflict in The Giver.
What is man vs. society?
As Mr. Byrd walked by families, mothers pulled their children close to their side.
What is indirect characterization?
What is dramatic irony?
Name and describe 2 symbols.
(Answers varied)
The use of a concrete object to represent an abstract idea.
What is symbolism?
The struggle occurring within a character's mind.
What is internal conflict?
Name the five main ways authors indirectly characterize.
What is: through actions, dialogue/speech, looks, what other characters think of them, and what they think.
What is situational irony?
suspenseful, curious, grim, emotional
What is the mood?
The attitude a writer takes toward the subject or the reader in a work of literature.
What is tone?
Name the four types of conflicts and state if each one is internal or external.
What is: Man vs. Self- Internal Man vs. Man- External Man vs. Nature- External Man vs. Society- External