Plot & Conflict
Mood & Setting
Character Development
Point of View
Sequence of Time
100
How is the conflict different in the rising action and the falling action?
Rising Action-Conflict builds to climax Falling Action-Conflict decreases as it is resolved
100
How are mood and setting related?
Details within the setting create a specific mood.
100
What 3 methods may the author use to directly characterize a person?
Actions Dialogue Other Character’s opinions
100
How is a third person limited and third person omniscient narrator different?
Limited only knows thoughts of one character whereas omniscient knows everything about all characters.
100
What sequence of time is being used when events occur in sequential order?
Chronological
200
What is the difference between the falling action and resolution?
Falling action-solution is revealed Resolution-reflects upon the lesson learned from the situation
200
What is the author's purpose for establishing a particular mood?
Affects readers emotional reaction to the characters and events.
200
What 3 methods may the author use to indirectly characterize the person?
Narrator’s descriptions Personal thoughts Describes physical appearance
200
How is the tone of the first person and third person narrator different?
First is subjective Third is objective
200
What is the author's purpose for using foreshadowing?
To create suspense
300
What is an example of an internal conflict?
When the narrator has to decide whether to catch the fish or impress Shiela.
300
What details in the setting of "Searching for Summer" create the mood?
When it is dark the mood is sad, depressing, and unsafe. When the mood is sunny the couple is happy and carefree.
300
What are 3 characteristics of round characters?
Variety of traits Range of emotions Have strengths and weaknesses
300
Why would an author chose to use the second person point of view?
To involve the reader in the story as a character and make it more relatable.
300
What is the author's purpose for using flashback?
To provide background information
400
What is an example of an external conflict?
When Harrison Bergeron is trying to take over the government.
400
How does taking place in the future affect he mood of "Harrison Bergeron"?
It describes a world that does not yet exist, creating a distant, creepy, and dark mood.
400
What is the role of a flat character?
To reveal something about the protagonist.
400
Why would "By the Waters of Babylon" use the first person point of view.
To show the limited knowledge and innocence of the narrator.
400
In what way does "The Seventh Man" use flashback?
When the storyteller tells the 6 men about his childhood experience in a tsunami.
500
What are the 5 elements of plot?
Exposition, Rising action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
500
How does the setting of The Race to Save Apollo 13 create a mood of suspense?
It takes place in the control center on Earth but the issue is in space so the characters only have limited information about the issue and must make a very important decision.
500
How are a static character and a dynamic character different?
Static characters do not grow or change whereas dynamic characters do.
500
Why would "The Doll's House" be written in the third person point of view?
To show the perspective of all the characters and why the wealthy girls are prejudice as well as how the poorer girls feel being discriminated against.
500
What sequence of time does "There Will Come Soft Rains" use and why?
Chronological Order when describing the events of the day in order to create suspense and reveal information slowly.
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