Figurative Language
Plot
Conflict
Symbols / Symbolism
Point of View
100
Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines / Diggin' in my own back yard
What is simile?
100
All of the events that occur in a story
What is plot?
100
The problem in the story
What is the conflict?
100
Something that stands for something else.
What is a symbol?
100
The perspective from which the story is told.
What is point of view?
200
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave / I am the dream and the hope of a slave
What is metaphor?
200
The part of the story in which the problem begins
What is the initiating event or the exposition?
200
The two main types of conflict. Explain them.
What are internal and external conflict? / Internal - the problem is within the character / External - the problem is outside of the character
200
A green light is a symbol for what?
What is to go?
200
What are the three points of view?
1st Person 3rd Person Limited 3rd Person Omniscient
300
The daisy hugging the earth / In August, ha!
What is personification?
300
The high point or the turning point in the story
What is the climax?
300
List and describe the main form of internal conflict. (Ex. character vs. _______________)
Character vs. Self - the character has a problem within himself (making a decision, uncertainty, etc.)
300
The American Flag
What is freedom?
300
The narrator is a character within the story; uses the pronoun "I."
What is first person point of view?
400
Don't worry about Annie; she's all bark and no bite.
What is idiom?
400
All of the events leading up to the high point and complicating the conflict
What is the rising action?
400
Pick a movie, and describe one internal and one external conflict within the movie.
Answers will vary.
400
A white dove
What is peace?
400
The narrator is outside of the story and knows the thoughts and motivations of all characters.
What is third person omniscient?
500
I am Super Samson Simpson / I'm superlatively strong / I like to carry elephants / I do it all day long.
What is hyperbole?
500
Where the problem is resolved
What is the resolution?
500
List and describe the main forms of external conflict. (Ex: character vs. ______________)
Character vs. Character - characters are against one another (fight, argument, etc.) / Character vs. Society - the character is against a common belief or value (Holocaust, Civil Rights era) / Character vs. Supernatural - the character is against some powerful force (ghosts, magic, Harry Potter, etc.) / Character vs. Nature - the character is against some force of nature (stranded in the wilderness, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc.) / Character vs. Technology - the character must battle against some type of technology (iRobot, Transformers, etc.)
500
That winter we didn’t make much progress, for I was in school and Doodle suffered from one bad cold after another. But when spring came, rich and warm, we raised our sights again.
What is rebirth or a new start?
500
The narrator is outside of the story and knows the thoughts and motivations of only the main character.
What is third person limited?
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