Elements of a story
The process of revealing the personality of a character in a story
Characterization
This word means all-knowing
Omniscient
The author of The Pearl
John Steinbeck
What is the contrast between appearance and reality?
Irony
Words are used to paint a picture in the reader's mind. Descriptive words are used to appeal to any of the 5 senses
Imagery
An underlying message about life or human nature that the writer wants the reader to understand
Theme
Narrator is not a character in the story, story is told from ONE character's vantage point
Third-Person Limited
This person hid Kino and family in his house for a short time before Kino's family was ready to leave the village for the city. Who is this person?
Juan Thomas
A contradiction between what is SAID and what is MEANT
Verbal Irony
The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for a reader
Mood
The theme in a story is not stated directly, but through details in the text, it is revealed.
Implied theme
The point of view where pronouns I, WE, ME, MY, OUR are used
First-Person
Why does Kino want his son to read and write?
Kino and Juana didn't have the chance to do this, and if Coyotito can read and write, then Kino and Juana will be able to learn from him.
A character is hiding behind the curtain, and the audience knows this but other characters do not. This is an example of what type of irony?
Dramatic Irony
Writer's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in a story
Foreshadowing
A character who contrasts another character, to highlight particular qualities of the other character.
Foil Character
The narrator is all-knowing. The author can enter the minds of all the characters and describe what all characters are thinking and feeling.
Third-Person Omniscient
Name at least two songs that are heard in the story.
-The pearl
-The family
-The enemy
A situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended
Situational Irony
From The Pearl - who is described here?
His face was fatherly and benign, and his eyes twinkled with friendship. In the midst of a laugh, he could remember the death of your aunt, and his eyes could become wet with the sorrow of your loss.
The pearl buyers
When the author allows the reader to decide what the character is like based on how they act, talk with others, etc.
Indirect Characterization
The narrator IS a character in the story
First-Person
Whose eyes rested in little puffy hammocks of flesh?
The doctor
Tell the type of irony that occurred at the end of "The Most Dangerous Game".
Remember: Rainsford and Zaroff in the bedroom
Situational Irony
“The third man scrabbled away like a crab, slipped into the pool, and then he began to climb frantically, to climb up the cliff where the water penciled down,” is an example of a