What is the point? (POV)
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore"
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
What is first-person point of view?
“…as the cab drove away, the girl joined her hands in a brief namaskar. Utterly unprepared for this gesture, Binoy remained frozen, unable to respond. Back home, he repeatedly cursed himself for this minor lapse. Scrutinizing his own conduct in their company from their first encounter to the moment of parting, he felt that his manner had been rather uncivil. He tormented himself with futile thoughts of what he could have said or done at specific moments.”
What is man vs. self?
the underlying message that the writer would like to get across.
What is theme?
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).
What is a simile?
the final parts or chapters of a story
What is the resolution?
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
What is second-person point of view?
In this mode, the conflict takes place within the mind of the main character, and often involves the character making a decision between right and wrong, or other mixed emotions.
What is man vs self?
The people who take part in the action of the story, play, or movie
What are characters?
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a metaphor?
turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension and drama, or it is the time when the action starts during which the solution is given.
What is the climax?
It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. No. Wrong word, Jonas thought. Frightened meant that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen. Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice. He had seen it both times. Squinting toward the sky, he had seen the sleek jet, almost a blur at its high speed, go past, and a second later heard the blast of sound that followed. Then one more time, a moment later, from the opposite direction, the same plane.
What is third-person limited point of view?
this mode lies at the heart of all dramatic arts and places the struggle directly between the protagonist and the antagonist -- otherwise known as the good guy and the bad guy.
What is Man vs Man?
Where the story takes place
What is setting?
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
What is personification?
occurs right after the climax, when the main problem of the story resolves.
What is falling action?
Elizabeth, having rather expected to affront him, was amazed at his gallantry; but there was a mixture of sweetness and archness in her manner which made it difficult for her to affront anybody, and Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her. He really believed, that were it not for the inferiority of her connections, he should be in some danger.
What is the third-point omniscient point of view?
This mode of external conflict occurs when the protagonist is placed at odds with a government or cultural tradition. This type of conflict applies to societal norms as well.
What is man vs. society?
The events that make up a story
What is plot?
the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.
What is understatement?
includes all decisions, characters' flaws, and background circumstances that together create turns and twists leading to a climax.
What is rising action?
Veronica shook her head slowly. Her fingers were busy shredding her tear-stained paper tissue. “I’m not joking. It’s all true.”
What is the third-person point objective point of view?
Stephen Crane's short story, "The Open Boat," is a prime example, and demonstrates that the sea can cause shipwrecks easily and without regard for humanity.
What is man vs. nature?
The struggle faced by the main character that must reach a resolution
What is conflict?
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
the part of a play or work of fiction in which the background to the main conflict is introduced.
What is the exposition?