Plot Points
The sequence of events in a story
Plot
Name 1 of the 5 main literary elements.
Plot, character, setting, POV, theme
“Love is a battlefield” (which is also an iconic 80s song) is an example of which device?
Metaphor
An example of this device would be when a character hears a strange noise in the dark.
Suspense
How an author brings a character to life
Characterization
Introduces the characters, setting, main conflict
Exposition
The 3 main types of point of view
1st
3rd (limited)
3rd (omniscient)
"It would have been easier to tear down the moon than to fight against myself."
Example of???
Hyperbole
"… the burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps the grimy scraps of withered leaves about your feet" (T.S. Eliot's Preludes).
This is an example of what device?
Imagery
The main character
Protagonist
"Gawain kneels to receive the axe blow, but after the 3rd swing, he receives just a nick on his neck."
This is an example of _____________
Setting is not just the physical location but also these 2 concepts.
Time & the social milieu
“Blackberries / Big as the ball of my thumb, and dumb as eyes Ebon in the hedges, fat /With blue-red juices..." (“Blackberrying” by Sylvia Plath).
Which literary device does this contain?
Simile
When something happens that is the opposite of what you expect.
Irony
Characters who change
Dynamic
"Corrie is freed due to a clerical error just days before the women of her age group are sent to the gas chambers. She travels back home to Holland."
This is an example of ______________.
Falling action
Name 2 of the 4 ways to find the theme.
1) Through the character's experience
2) Through the emotions evoked
3) Through the main conflict
4) The main message
In Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven, the bird in question is described as “perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door.” Some of the poem’s readers may recognize Pallas as a reference to Pallas Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom. What device is "Pallas"?
Allusion
The 3 types of irony
Verbal, situational, dramatic
When a character does not change AND lacks depth/complexity
Static and flat
List the order of a plot diagram
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
A special type of 3rd person omniscient POV invented by Jane Austen that mimics the 1st person
Free Indirect Discourse
"Time is a thief" is an expression that PRIMARILY uses which device: Personification or Metaphor?
Metaphor
How fast or slow a story is told
Pacing
Name 1 way authors show indirect characterization
Through a character's...
1) actions
2) thoughts
3) feelings
4) words
5) appearance
6) Other characters’ observations or reactions