Storytelling
This type of story explains the origins of a ritual, the founding of a city, or a spiritual origins of a belief, philosophy, or discipline.
What is a foundational story?
This type of camera angle shows very little background and focuses on either a face or a specific detail.
What is a close up shot?
"Niger" is the Latin word for this colour.
What is black?
This type of imagery is used to describe a smell.
What is olfactory imagery?
This is the colour of Dorothy's shoes in "The Wizard of Oz."
What is red?
The inciting incident, the climax, and the falling action are just some parts of this story telling structure.
What is Freytag's Pyramid?
This rule places major points of interest on any of the four intersections of the interior lines.
What is the rule of thirds?
This is one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria.
What is the Igbo?
This is the acronym used to help students remember how to structure a body paragraph.
What is PEEEA?
In George Orwell’s "Animal Farm," this is the name of the pig leader.
What is Napoleon?
This point of view assumes the vantage point of an all-knowing narrator.
What is an omniscient narrator?
This camera angle looks directly down upon a scene.
What is a bird's eye view?
This is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
What is empathy?
This is a comparison of two seemingly different things.
What is a metaphor?
"The Importance of Being Earnest" is a play written by this Irish poet and playwright.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
This type of character is two dimensional and remains the same throughout the entire story.
What is a flat or static character?
This compositional technique draws attention to the subject helping to isolate it from any distraction and clutter within the image.
What is a frame within a frame?
The Igbo refer to this as an “iron-horse.”
What is a bicycle?
In songs, lyrics that are divided into sections are called "verses." In poetry, they are called this instead.
What are stanzas?
"Kiss Me Kate" and "10 Things I Hate About You" are both based on this Shakespearean comedy.
What is "The Taming of the Shrew"?
When a story works to release a mixture of endorphins, oxytocin, and dopamine in the listener, it is known as this.
What is an angel's cocktail?
This camera angle suggests imbalance, transition, and instability.
What is a Dutch angle?
The title "Things Fall Apart" is taken from a poem by this poet.
Who is William Butler Yeats?
When a poet gives animal characteristics to a non-animal object, it is called this.
What is zoomorphism?
Victorian writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne were sisters sharing this last name.
What is Brontë?