Conflict
A character struggles to climb a mountain during a storm. What type of conflict is this?
What is man vs nature?
What is the definition of point of view?
What is the narrator's position in relation to a story being told.
This type of characterization tells the reader exactly what a character is like.
Direct Characterization
What is an inference?
What is when a reader uses clues from the text and their own knowledge to figure out something the author doesn’t say directly
This prefix means "again."
What is re-
A student battles against a school rule she believes is unfair. Identify the type of conflict and explain what makes it so.
What is man vs. society; the character struggles against laws, rules, or expectations of a group.
What is Third Person point of view?
What is the narrator telling us, the audience, about what's happening in the story.
In the sentence, “Marcus was a selfish boy who only cared about winning,” what type of characterization is used, and how do you know?
What is direct characterization, because the narrator directly states Marcus’s personality trait?
“The sky was gray, and Mia clutched her umbrella tightly as she hurried out the door.” What can you infer about the weather?
What is “It’s about to rain” or “It’s already raining”?
The word replay means to play something again. Using that pattern, what would restate mean?
What is “to say something again”?
What is the one type of Internal Conflict and explain what that type of Conflict is?
What is Man vs Self, The conflict the character faces is coming from within themselves.
What is the difference between third-person limited and third-person omniscient?
What is in third-person limited the outside narrator only knows the thoughts and feeling of one character, where as in third-person omniscient the outside narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story.
In the sentence, “Marcus shoved his teammate aside to grab the trophy first,” identify the type of characterization and the trait it reveals.
What is indirect characterization, showing Marcus is selfish or competitive through his actions?
Explain the difference between a prediction and an inference.
What is “A prediction guesses what will happen next, while an inference explains what is happening now or has already happened based on clues”?
The word preview means to see something before others. If “view” means to watch, explain how the prefix pre- changes its meaning.
What is “it adds the idea of doing the action before it officially happens”?
Name all the types of External Conflict we have discussed in class.
What is man vs man, man vs nature, man vs technology, man vs society, Man vs supernatural.
How can you tell when second-person point of view is being used in a story?
What is the use of the pronoun "you" to address the reader. this narrative voice implies that the reader is either the protagonist or a character in the story, and the events are happening to them.
A story says, “Lena stayed after class every day to help Mrs. Ortiz clean the lab, even when no one asked her to.” Explain what this reveals about Lena and which method of characterization is used.
What is indirect characterization, revealing that Lena is kind and responsible through her behavior?
Name all the stages in a literary story that we reviewed in class.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.
The word preview means to see something before others. If “view” means to watch, explain how the prefix pre- changes its meaning.
What is “it adds the idea of doing the action before it officially happens”?
A fantasy hero fights against a powerful villain who represents evil and corruption. The story also symbolizes a struggle between good and evil within the world itself. Identify the two types of conflict that are present.
Man vs Man and Man vs Society
In a story where one chapter is told by a soldier describing battle and another by a nurse in the same war, the author switches narrators. What type of structure is this, and how does it affect the reader’s understanding of point of view?
What is multiple first-person point of view; it gives readers a broader understanding of events and contrasting perspectives.
An author wants readers to view a character as arrogant without saying it directly. Describe two ways the author could show this trait using indirect characterization (use two of the following methods: Speech, Thoughts, Effect, Actions, Looks).
The author could show arrogance through the character’s speech (“No one’s better than me”) and actions (refusing help from others).
What are the types of Inferences a author may make with in text structure.
What are cliffhangers, chapters, multiple points of view or great descriptions in the book.
Some words with these prefixes can look similar but mean very different things — for example, reform vs. preform. Explain the difference in their meanings based on the prefixes.
What is “reform means to change or shape again, while preform means to shape something before it’s finished or used”?