Acronyms & Ms. Framptonisms
Point, Evidence, Explanation
Tell me the titles of all the short fiction texts we read or watched this semester (5)!
"The Lady, or the Tiger?," "The Landlady," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Harvest," and "The Tale of the Twisted Claw"
What does imagery mean?
Using descriptive language to appeal to the 5 senses!
"Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded.."
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
What is "his eye was like the eye of a vulture"
a simile
What does TiPToP stand for?
Time
Place
Topic
Person
In which story do we meet the character Billy Weaver?
Give me THREE of the SIX types of conflict
Person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. nature, person vs. supernatural, person vs. technology
"You see, it isn’t very often I have the pleasure of taking a visitor into my little nest"
"The Landlady"
What is "Thump! Cluunk. Thumpp"?
Give me TWO symbols from "The Tale of the Twisted Claw"
The twisted claw and the broken vase
What literary technique is used by author's to create suspense? It involves dropping "red flags"!
Foreshadowing
"Be careful what you wish for – you might just get it!"
"The Tale of the Twisted Claw"
Alliteration
What is Ms. Frampton's common saying when you need to be more descriptive in your creative writing?
Remember to "show, don't tell!"
What would be a good theme statement for "The Harvest"?
YOUR INPUT!
Tell me the three types of irony.
Situational, verbal, and dramatic
“Often had she seen, or imagined that she had seen, this fair creature throwing glances of admiration upon the person of her lover, and sometimes she thought these glances were perceived, and even returned."
"The Lady, or the Tiger?"
What is: "The wind whispered secrets through the trees"
Personification
What are the 5 elements of fiction (PSCPT)?
Plot, setting, character, perspective, and theme!
YOUR INPUT!
What is a genre?
A category of artistic composition
"They'd decided to stay the night, their first night in their new home, rather than drive back into the city to their comfortably furnished apartment. Comfort be damned. Neither one of them were divas!"
"The Harvest"
What is: "He's as skinny as a toothpick"
Hyperbole