Literary Elements
Extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
The main character in a story.
Protagonist
Why didn't Prince Hyacinth know he had a big nose?
He was deceived and self-deceived.
What animal did Jimmy Yellow Hawk accidentally catch?
A skunk
The type of melon used to describe Prince Hyacinth's nose in the video.
Casaba
The overall emotion or feeling that fills a work of literature.
Mood
A character with one observable characteristic and little else is known about him.
Flat Character
Why did Hildegarde decide to buy beauty clay?
She wanted to be like the women in magazines and advertisements.
True or False:
The civilians in Prince Hyacinth wore fake noses.
False (only in the video)
An example of dialect from Being a Public Character.
"Ain't" "We was" "josh about" etc.
A deviation from literal speech; includes personification, metaphor, and simile.
Figurative Language
The main force or character against whom the protagonist struggles.
Antagonist
Why did Lushkoff tell lies in "The Beggar."
No one would pity him for the truth.
Rotten eggs or Dead mice.
The antagonist in "Raymond's Run."
A type of verbal irony in which something is presented as being less important than it is.
Understatement
A character that has a well-developed, complex personality.
Round Character
Why did the colony of earthmen disappear at the end of "Dark They Were, and Golden-eyed"?
They became martians.
What was the fairy's understatement in Prince Hyacinth?
"Your nose does not lack anything."
Spot's owner's real name.
Harold
The grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation of a particular people group.
Dialect
A protagonist of a story who acts immorally or is a bad example.
Anti-hero
Why did Hildegarde say, "Even my eyeballs felt yanked from their sockets." (What literary element did this portray?
Hyperbole
2 parts:
1. Name the 2 ways that people transformed in DTWAGE.
2. Give one example for each type.
1. Mentally and physically.
2. Dark/Golden eyed. Living situation, food, names, and language.
The last name of the family in DTWAGE.
Bittering