Elements Of Plot
"There was a big revival at my Auntie Reed's church."
"membership of the church"
"... they held a special meeting for children..."
Exposition - Setting & Characters
"Salvation", by Langston Hughes, is written in this point-of-view, which helps readers better understand how he personally felt.
First-Person POV
Which sensory detail is used in the following sentence: "... I cried, in bed alone, and couldn't stop. I buried my head under the quilts, but my aunt heard me"?
Sound; Hearing
A type of figurative language that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things (that are typically different) to one another.
Simile
Library
"So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, I'd better lie, too, and say that Jesus had come, and get up and be saved.
So I got up."
Climax
In the rising action, the author uses ___ to describe how "The whole building rocked with prayer and song."
Personification; Hyperbole
___ is created when an author uses his/her words to paint a vivid picture in the readers' mind, as seen below:
"I began to wonder what God thought about Westley, who certainly hadn't seen Jesus either, but who was now sitting proudly on the platform, swinging his knickerbockered legs and grinning down at me, surrounded by deacons and old women on their knees."
Imagery
___ = STEAL; it means that an author shows, rather than tells readers, what a character is like through what the character says (Speech), does (Actions), or thinks (Thoughts), or what others say (Effect On Others) about the character.
Characterization
Name of the college/university that is in partnership with Leander ISD and where graduating Seniors can attend courses for FREE.
Austin Community College (ACC)
"So I sat there calmly in the hot, crowded church, waiting for Jesus to come to me."
The use of ___ used by Langston Hughes (such as when the preacher continuously asks, "Young lambs, won't you come?") is a rhetorical device made to help characterize the churchgoers as overbearing and eager.
Repetition
The following sentence from "Salvation" is what type of figurative language: "to bring the young lambs to the fold"?
Metaphor
Langston Hughes builds suspense towards the climax of his story by leaving behind clues about how as the time was passing by, the churchgoers were rejoicing and crying out loudly - enough so that little Westley finally gave up. Eventually, even Langston himself "began to be ashamed of myself, holding everyone up so long". The reader can infer that he was likely go give up, as well, because of these hints. This literary device is known as ___.
Foreshadowing
What are the two types of conflicts that characters face in literature?
Internal & External
"That night, for the first time in my life but one... I cried, in bed alone, and couldn't stop."
The church setting impacts the plot by shifting from a(n) ___ (adjective) to a(n) ___ (adjective) mood.
FROM: Hopeful / Insightful; TO: Sad / Disheartened
When the preacher repetitiously asks the young children, "Won't you come? Won't you come to Jesus? Young lambs, won't you come?", this is an example of what type of question?
HINT: While sarcasm is not used in "Salvation", these questions are often asked in a sarcastic manner.
Rhetorical Question - A question that is asked to someone but is not asked with the intention of receiving a response.
The emotional attitude an author has when writing a story; it often impacts and helps to create the mood.
Tone
List (4) test-taking strategies that you should practice on every exam you take.
Annotate/Highlight key words.
Use a dictionary/thesaurus.
Process-of-elimination.
Go back and find your answers in the text.
Make sure that the BEGINNING of the answer choice MATCHES the ENDING of the answer choice!
Watch out for your VERBS!
BE CONFIDENT!
"... I had deceived everybody in the church, and hadn't seen Jesus, and that now I didn't believe there was a Jesus any more, since he didn't come to help me."
Resolution
Theme
There are some things in life that you must believe in with your heart, not your eyes.
True faith is believing, not seeing.
Social pressure has the power to make you feel less than you truly are.
Believing and seeing are two different things.
Lying to appease others is no way to live.
Lying creates guilt than can eat you up inside.
The following sentence from "Salvation" is an example of ___:
"'Goddamit, I'm tired o' sitting here. Let's get up and be saved.' So he got up and was saved."
Dramatic Irony - When the audience knows the reality of the character's situation, but other characters (within the story) do not know.
Memoir
Name the full name of the former Principal of Leander HS that Rouse HS is the namesake of; before him, Leander ISD was in danger of losing its accreditation with the Texas Education Agency (TEA).
Charles "Charley" E. Rouse
Former LHS Principal (1981-1997)