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
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What are the 3 functions or roles of setting?
-Used to develop complex believable characters.
-Creates conflicts for the characters.
-Serves as a symbol representing an important idea
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What 3 methods may the author use to directly characterize a person?
Actions
Dialogue
Other Character’s opinions
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What sequence of time is being used when events occur in sequential order?
Chronological
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Which of the 5 senses is being used in the following example?
It was dark and dim in the forest.
Visual
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What is the difference between the falling action and resolution?
Falling action-solution is revealed
Resolution-reflects upon the lesson learned from the situation
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What is the author's purpose for establishing a particular mood?
Affects readers emotional reaction to the characters and events.
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What 3 methods may the author use to indirectly characterize the person?
Narrator’s descriptions
Personal thoughts
Describes physical appearance
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What is the author's purpose for using foreshadowing?
To create suspense
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Which of the 5 senses is being used in the following example?
The children were screaming and shouting in the fields.
Sound
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What is an example of an internal conflict?
When the narrator in "Daughter of Invention" struggles to decide whether she wants to write the speech for school.
-When her father is upset about his memories of escaping the D.R.
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What is the significance of the mood in "A Casket of Amontillado"?
It creates suspense, fear, horror, and a particular style of the author.
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How may character motivation effect the plot?
It may explain the conflict and how they resolve it.
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What is the author's purpose for using flashback?
To provide background information
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Which of the 5 senses is being used in the following example?
The sheets were made of soft satin fabric.
Touch
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What is an example of external conflict?
When General Zaroff is hunting Rainsford in "The Most Dangerous Game"
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In what way does the setting create conflict in "A Christmas Memory"?
The narrator and his cousin cannot buy alcohol because it is illegal.
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What type of characterization does Maya Angelou use when she describes Mrs. Flowers from the perspective of herself as a young girl?
Indirect Characterization
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What are 3 characteristics of the First Person point of view?
-Character within the story
-Personal pronouns "I" "me" "my" "us" "our"
-Subjective Tone because only personal thoughts of 1 character
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What is the author's purpose for using mood?
So the reader can imagine the subject more vividly.