Life of Pi/Literary Elements
Freytag's Pyramid includes what components of a story...
Exposition, Inciting Incident, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What is rhetoric?
Persuasive/effective language
What genre is Oscar Wilde's play, "The Importance of Being Earnest"?
Satirical Comedy
What does indolence mean?
Inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
What does the use of an allusion in a speech or piece of rhetorical writing strengthen?
The appeal to ethos
What does STEAL stand for (aspects of Indirect Characterization)?
Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, Looks
What does literary analysis have that rhetorical analysis doesn't?
Analysis of characterization
Jack invents Ernest to...
Escape responsibilites
Someone who resists brainwashing is a good example of...
Fortitude
What effect is created by using short, choppy syntax?
What is one example of foreshadowing in Life of Pi?
Pi's father making him and Ravi watch the tiger kill a goat
What does the exigence of a text refer to?
The event or reason that prompted the author to write/speaker to speak
Why does Gwendolen love the name Ernest?
It symbolizes sincerity
What is the coordinating conjunction of the following sentence: “Ethan made ice cream from scratch, and I plan to eat all of it.”
And
What is the adjective in the following sentence: “Italian food is Logan’s favorite.”
Italian
What is the best example of internal conflict in Life of Pi?
Pi's struggle between vegetarianism/being a practing Hindu and having to kill to survive on the lifeboat
What are pathos, ethos and logos?
Rhetorical Appeals; Appeal to emotion, appeal to credibility, appeal to logic
What larger idea does Lady Bracknell represent?
Rigid social hierarchy
What is the subject of the following sentence: "Why is it dark?"
The author’s use of multiple symbols to present a lesson on how spiritual faith can sustain people through life's hardships makes Life of Pi what kind of story?
Allegory
What can best be considered the climax of the story in Life of Pi?
Pi's decision to leave the carnivorous island
What is Anaphora?
Repetition found at the beginning of clauses
The resolution of the play reveals that Jack is actually Algernon's...?
Brother
It would be __________ to publish your sister’s diary in the newspaper or to tell your family an offensive joke at Thanksgiving.
Indecorous
The final line of "The Importance of Being Earnest" is ironic because?
No one in the play is actually earnest