Stories
In "Early Autumn," what is it that Mary wishes she told Bill, in addition to her address?
That her youngest child was named Bill too.
I taught you a specific word to remind you of the main forms of indirect characterization. Each letter stands for a way we learn about characters. What is that word?
STEAL
The narrator is a character in the story. They are part of the action.
First person
The first line of any paragraph on literature should tell you these two things in a complete sentence:
The author and the title
The Climax
Name one word that Yolanda learns in "Snow" (aside from the word "snow")!
any of these: cornflakes, subway, laundromat, bomb shelter, nuclear bomb, radioactive fallout
The T in STEAL stands for.
What the character thinks or feels.
The narrator is NOT a character in the story. They know the thoughts and feelings of ONE character.
Third person limited
Before you give a quote, you must give this information about it.
Who is speaking, what's going on, when in the story it comes.
In this part of the story, "Charles," this is the word for the part when we meet the mom, dad and Laurie and learn that Laurie has just started kindergarten.
Exposition
The name of the couple in "Sleeping" is carefully chosen to suggest sadness, loss and death. What is the couple's name?
Mr. and Mrs. Winter
A character without much interest or depth, like an NPC in a video game, is called a _______ character. A character with depth is called a __________ character.
Flat
Round
The narrator is not a character in the story. They know the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
Third person omniscient
This part comes right after the summary.
Your thesis or main argument you are making about the story.
In "Snow," this part of the plot happens when Sister Zoe comforts Yolanda after she confuses snow with nuclear fallout, assuring her that each flake is unique and beautiful.
Falling Action/Resolution
What is the name of the artificial intelligence that rules Sami's world in "The Date"?
The Singularity
The protagonist in a story often changes as a result of the conflict in the story. A character who changes is called ____ but one that does not change is called _______.
Dynamic
Static
The narrator is not a character in the story. They know the thoughts and feelings of no characters in the story. They can't see into anyone heads.
Third person objective
When we write we help the reader to follow our jump in thinking from _________________ to _______________
From what we think (infer) to what is written in the text.
There are six kinds of conflict in stories. This one is the kind of conflict in "The Date"
Human versus Technology
What is the name of the park where Bill and Mary meet in "Early Autumn"?
Washington Square Park
There are two main kinds of characterization. One when the author tells you straight out about the character and one when the author tells you through what the characters say, do, how they act, what they think, etc. What are the words for those two kinds of characterization?
Direct and indirect
This is the term for a narrator whose account of events you cannot trust.
Unreliable narrator
Directly after the quote, you need to explain it. What are the two parts that go into the explanation of the quote?
1. What the reader should notice
2. How it supports your argument
This part of the plot of "Heartbeat" makes us wonder if Dave has really changed or not.
Resolution