Overview
Plot
What is what happens in the story?
Alice Walker in "On Beauty"
What is the protagonist (main character)?
"Like a squirrel, for example"
What is a simile (comparing two things, using like or as)?
Happy; Peaceful; Perfect
What is the mood (atmosphere, how reader feels) at beginning of story?
Used to move plot, characterize, and offer exposition
What is dialogue?
Antagonist (character[s] that oppose protagonist) in "On Beauty"
What is Alice's family?
Compares two things, not using like or as
What is a metaphor?
Mood (atmosphere, how reader feels) after child is introduced
What is: Sad or Horrified or Upset?
Where a story takes place
What is setting?
Type of conflict Didion experiences in "Notebook"
What is internal conflict?
These contrast in "On Living" and "Dream Song 14"
What is the theme?
Type of Narrator in Omelas
What is Omniscient Narrator? (knows what will happen/everyone's thoughts/feelings)
Main plot points in order
What is: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution?
External Conflict in "On Beauty"
What is: Walker getting shot in the eye?
Funny, Relatable
What is the mood of "Dream Song 14"?
Nothing is perfect, no happiness without suffering
What is the theme, (main idea), of Omelas?
Tells the reader what will happen later in story
What is foreshadowing?
POV used in both essays
What is first person POV?
Plot Points in "Why I Am Not a Painter"
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EX: Mike is starting a painting; RA: O'Hara continues to visit Mike; C: Mike takes SARDINES out; FA: O'Hara writes his poems; Resolution: Naming of poem and painting
Internal Conflict in Omelas
What is: whether to stay or go?