Irony
This irony occurs when the unexpected happens
What is Situational Irony
The character in "God Help The Child" that is the victim of colorsim
Who is Bride (Lula Ann)?
The main character of the story is the narrator
What is first-person?
The background information that is given about characters.
What is Exposition?
When writing an analysis only 10% of this should be included.
What is Summary?
This irony occurs when a character says one thing but means another
What is Verbal Irony
The main character of the story
What is a protagonist?
An outside narrator only knows information about one character at a time.
What is Third Person-Limited?
The problem that the character has in the story
What is conflict?
What is the Literary Analysis Thesis?
This irony occurs when the readers know something that the characters do not.
What is Dramatic Irony?
The protagonist's enemy (nemesis)
What is an antagonist?
An outside narrator that knows everything about all characters
Third Person-Omniscient
What is the Climax?
The formatting you must use for your literary analysis essay.
This type of irony occurs when Brooklyn seems sincere about helping Bride heal but is secretly plotting to take over Bride's company.
What is verbal irony?
The character in "God Help The Child" that served prison time for child molestation.
Who is Sofia?
An outside narrator that narrates the story without including the character's internal thoughts or emotions.
What is Third Person-Objective
Occurs after the conflict is introduced
What is Rising Action?
(Morrison 66).
What is an in-text citation?
This type of irony is used when Brooklyn doesn't know who beat Bride up but the readers do.
What is Dramatic Irony?
A supporting character who helps move the story along but isn't the protagonist or antagonist.
What is a catalyst?
Part 1 of "God Help The Child" is told from this point of view.
What is First Person?
Occurs after the climax
What is Falling Action?
The part that needs to be removed from the sentence. "On page 42, Sweetness says, "I wasn't a bad mother, you have to know that, but I may have done some hurtful things to my only child because I had to protect her (Morrison 42).
What is On Page 41?