Conflict
What is conflict?
Defined as the opposition of two or more characters or forces.
How are characters revealed in literature?
Characters are revealed through action, dialogue, and description.
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.
What is personification?
Who is the narrator in Treasure Island?
Jim Hawkins
Scrooge's old business partner.
Who is Marley?
What is an external conflict?
An external conflict is a conflict between man and an outside force.
What is indirect characterization?
A character description where the reader must infer character traits.
The mood or emotion that the reader is supposed to share with the characters.
What is atmosphere?
What does Billy Bones tell Jim to keep his "weather eye open" for?
A seaman with one leg.
Three spirits.
Who does Marley's ghost tell Scrooge to expect?
Who is the protagonist of "Top Man"?
Martin Nace
What is a sympathetic character?
A character with whom the reader identifies or likes.
Type of character description in which straightforward details tell the reader about the character.
What is direct characterization?
What happens to the captain that forces Jim and his mother to send for the doctor?
The captain has a stroke.
Bah Humbug
What does Scrooge say when angered by Christmas cheer?
What two story elements add to the story's conflict?
Setting and atmosphere enhance the story's conflict.
What is a tragedy?
It is a story whose protagonist's flaws cause him great suffering that leads to a catastrophe.
The protagonist's most significant fault that triggers the tragic hero's downfall.
What is the tragic flaw?
Is Long John Silver a flat or round character? Dynamic or static?
He is a round, static character.
a horn of plenty
What is the Ghost of Christmas Present holding in his hand?
Give two reasons why Jerry swims through the tunnel.
Jerry wants to prove to himself that he can overcome his fear, and he wants to prove to the other boys that he can do it.
What is a normative character?
A character who models the author's ethics.
A character used to emphasize another character's opposing traits.
What is a foil?
What is the main type of conflict in Treasure Island? Name the participants in the conflict.
Man vs. Man; Jim vs. Long John
a raise
What surprise does Scrooge give Cratchit the next day?