Literary Lingo
The time and place where the story occurs
Setting
"Good morning, Father. We were just out to the sheep camp. Everything is o.k. now."
What is the climax of "The Lottery?"
Tessie "wins" the lottery
What is a major theme of "The Lottery"
The danger of blindly following tradition
Conformity
Ancestry, line of descent
Pedigree
The perspective from which a story is told
Point of View
"My hands were too big to handle the fineries of crocheting or embroidery and I always pricked my fingers or knotted my colored threads time and time again while my sisters laughed and called me Bull Hands..."
"The Moths"
What type of narration does Silko use in "The Man to Send Rainclouds?
Third Person (limited)
What do the quilts symbolize in "Everyday Use"
Family heritage & history, especially how that heritage/history is preserved/passed down.
Showy and cheap
What kind of characterization describes characters through their actions, speech, and interactions?
Indirect Characterization
"One of my earliest memories starts with me sobbing."
What internal conflict does Jack struggle with throughout "The Paper Menagerie"
Chinese heritage vs assimilation into American culture
"Pelayo watched over him all afternoon from the kitchen, armed with his bailiff's club, and before going to bed he dragged him out of the mud and locked him up with the hens in the wire chicken coop." What does this quote indirectly tell us about Pelayo?
Cruel, selfish, lacking compassion
Random, unmethodical, aimless
Desultory
What part of the plot might be described as "the turning point" where a conflict reaches its peak?
The Climax
"The world had been sad since Tuesday. Sea and sky were a single ash-gray thing..."
"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"
Describe the setting of "Everyday Use"
-Maggie & Mama's house (rural, modest, big yard)
What is a symbol in "The Moths" that helps demonstrate the theme of gender norms and expectations?
The narrator's hands
A small amount or portion, especially of money
Pittance
A narrator who uses pronouns like "he" and "she" and knows all of the characters' thoughts and feelings uses what kind of point of view?
Third-person omniscient
"And then they were upon her."
"The Lottery"
What is an example of direct characterization in "The Boundary?"
The sisters resemble each other.
The narrator "doesn't look like anyone else."
The father "garbles his words"
Experiences internal change(s) throughout the story
deep connection to mom/heritage --> embarrassed by mom/heritage --> rejects mom/hertiage --> lives with but doesn't engage with heritage --> appreciation of mom/heritage.
Given to wildly impossible plans, unrealistic, fantastic, impractical
Chimerical