Don't lose the PLOT
What is the end of the plot called?
The Resolution
Who is the antagonist of The Landlady?
The Landlady
What the setting of the story? When and where does the story take place?
Beginning of the school year (Fall), in Middle School, in Fresno, California.
"This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice." -MLK
SIMILE
“Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God’s children.” - MLK, I Have a Dream
Metaphor
What is the most intense part of the story?
The Climax
Who is the protagonist of The Landlady?
Billy, Billy Weaver.
Who is the main character of the story?
Victor Rodriguez
"This nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed" - MLK
Personification
“We can never (cannot) be satisfied…” [paragraph 13] - MLK
Repetition
What are the events that lead up to the climax?
The Rising Actions
Who is he in love with?
Teresa
“let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire” to the “heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania” to the “snow-capped Rockies” and even to “every hill and molehill of Mississippi.” - MLK
Imagery
Extreme exaggeration...
Hyperbole
What are the events after the climax called?
Falling Actions
What was the climax of the story?
When Victor "speaks french" in class, the teacher has to decide whether or not to expose him.
"let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream," - MLK, I Have a Dream
Allusion
Sudden, short sound!
Onomatopoeia
What do we call the part of the story when conflict is created?
The inciting incident.
When Billy was "compelled" to stay at the Landlady's bed and breakfast instead of the Bell & Dragon Pub.
YES!
"Trials and tribulations"
Alliteration
A word or phrase that isn't literal...
Idiom