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A person, object, or animal in a play or story
A problem
What is a narrative?
A story
What is plot?
2. Order of events in a story
When/where or time/place of a story
What is theme?
2. What the author wants to show or teach you
3. The lesson
Amy, her mother, father, Chinese relatives, Amy's family
Robert, Robert's dad, Robert's family
What is the climax?
1. The high point
2. The most exciting part of a story
What is dialogue?
1. characters/people talking to each other
2. conversation between two or more people
an object, person, or place that stands for something else
What is genre?
types of literature
categories of literature
What is point of view?
the position or perspective from which a story is told
Which character from Fish Cheeks was blonde?
Robert
The atmosphere of a story
What is tone?
The authorś attitude towards the story
Who is the narrator in Fish Cheeks?
Amy Tan
the author
a fourteen year old girl
What are the 5Ws?
Who? What? When? Where? Why?
What is 1st POV?
I, me, my
Which character in Fish Cheeks burped at the table and said it was polite in China to burp after a meal.
Amy's dad
What kind of conflict was Amy experiencing inside?
Being accepted, trying to impress Robert, being embarrassed of her family and relative, being embarrassed of being Chinese.
What is the point of view in Fish Cheeks?
1st POV
Name TWO changes that Amy went through.
1st change - nervous about inviting an American to a Chinese Christmas Dinner
2nd change - embarrassed when her relatives burp and eat off the same plate during the meal
3rd change - thankful when she realizes her mom made her favorite foods and gave her a mini skirt
What is SWBST?
Someone
Wanted
But
So
Then
What is 2nd POV?
You
What is a narrator?
A person who tells a story
What is a narrative?
A story
What is genre?
A category or type of literature
What is theme?
A life lesson
What is theme in Fish Cheeks?
be proud of who you are
don't be embarrassed of who you are
What is 3rd POV?
Us, their, they, he, she, them