Story Elements
A character who changes throughout a story
Dynamic character
The present Diane got from her "friend" at her birthday party was
An empty box
Character who is big, caring, loves small fuzzy animals, and isn't very intelligent
Lenny
A short poetry form that requires us to be VERY intentional with our words (Hint: all of us wrote several of these the day we studied them)
Haiku
Symbolism can be defined as
A person, place, or thing that represents something more than itself
The main message you take from a story or an idea the author is trying to communicate (hint: NOT a moral)
Theme
Alice had to fight this monster or antagonist in Tough Alice
The Jabberwock
Character who is short, clever, resourceful, and takes care of his friend
George
POV that uses words like he/she/they
Third person
The symbol in Somebody's Son was.....
The white flag(s)
A character who does NOT change throughout a story
Static character
In Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets, the main character does what to retrieve a work paper that blew away
Climbs out onto his window ledge eleven stories high
A character described as flirty and needy and is always seeking attention from the ranchers
Curley's wife
Literary term used when a word describes or imitates a sound
Onomatopoeia
Irony can be defined as
Something happening that you don't expect OR something opposite of your expectations happens
Protagonist and antagonist
In The Birthday Box, Katie received what in her last birthday present from her mom
Nothing (another empty box)
George had to kill Lenny because...
He was afraid of being associated with the murder of Curley's wife and/or if he had to die, George wanted to be the one to do it
Holocaust survivor, Helen Handler, first arrived at what concentration camp
Auschwitz
The biggest irony in The Necklace was ......
The necklace was fake
A plotline consists of which five parts
Introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion
The beating of the old man's "hideous heart"
Two themes from OMAM include
Loneliness, dreams, friendship, the status of women at the time, fate, violence and its effects
Tony Hawk expresses a certain routine that he uses to "suit up" for a skating competition which is....
Putting on all of his equipment left to right
How many types of irony are there and can you name them (EXTRA POINTS)