Figurative Language
Personification
Giving human qualities to a non human object
Types of sound (three)
Dialogue, Sound Effect, Background music
Exposition
The Setting (Location and Time) and Characters of a Short Story.
Describe the events of the first storm.
In the first storm, Pi goes to the deck to see what is going on. There, a crew members throws Pi into a lifeboat and he lands on the tarpaulin. A zebra follows him and jumps on, breaking a bench. Next, the lifeboat is released into the water and the ship sinks. Pi notices Richard Parker, a tiger, swimming towards him. Pi blows his whistle at Richard Parker and throws him a lifebuoy. Richard Parker grabs a hold of it and Pi helps him board the boat. Pi then comes to and realizes it is a tiger. He then jumps off the ship into the water with the sharks. Finally, he decides to first deal with the Pacific then Tiger, and he pulls himself back onto the lifeboat.
How many short stories should you study for the Exam on Tuesday?
four (Black Coffee, I am Aani, Everyone has Come, and Green Velvet)
ONE will be on the exam.
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Bright vs Dark Lighting
Bright - Hopeful, Happy, Exciting
Dark - Mysterious, Tense, Scary
Climax
The most heightened, emotional point of a story, usually towards the end.
How many days is Pi on the lfieboard?
227
In the short story, everyone has come, what is the setting?
Location - Vancouver Suburb.
Time - In the morning while the kids are away at school.
Simile
Using like or as to compare two things
Low Camera Angle
Looks up at the character. Makes them look powerful.
Theme
The message of the story or lesson learned.
What does Pi study at U of T
Zoology and Religion
In the story Green Velvet, what one event of the rising action?
The grandmother points out that the couch may have termites.
Metaphor
Comparing two things
High Camera Angle
Looks down at the character. Makes them look weak and fearful.
What is the purpose of a Venn diagram?
To compare the similarities and differences of two things.
What is the climax of life of Pi?
Pi landing in Mexico and Richard Parker abandoning him.
In the story, I am Aani, what is the theme?
Idiom
When somethings meaning is different from it's words.
Eye level Camera Angle
Resolution
What happens at the very end of the story.
Describe the events at Algea island.
The algae island provides a safe place for Pi and Richard Parker to regain their strength. The island is full of algae, meerkats, and fresh water ponds that provide pools of dead fish. Pi eats algae, swims in the water, and comes back to life. Richard Parker has feasts of meerkats and returns to the boat each night to rest. Eventually, Pi begins to sleep in the trees with the meerkats and that's when he notices something odd about the island. The meerkats run to the trees like they are running away from danger. The next day, Pi finds human teeth wrapped up in a fruit in the trees. He realized, after testing his theory with the meerkats, that is island is carnivorous and each night the ground and water turn into acidic poison. Although, the island brought Pi and Richard Parker back to life, Pi decides they must leave the island if they want to live.
In the story Black Coffee, what is the climax?