Plot Review: basic terms
Characterization and Theme
Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Mixed Bag
100
Introduction to the characters, setting, and any surrounding, outside events
What is exposition?
100
In The Giver, the person responsible for putting irregular babies to sleep...forever.
Who is Jonas's father?
100
comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
the "animals" that live outside The Village
What is Those We Don't Speak Of?
100
Point of View: "You walk to the store. You buy milk, eggs, a package of Twinkies. You go home..."
What is second person?
200
the way in which all conflicts are tied up or left open at the end of a piece of lit.
What is the resolution?
200
the message the author is driving home with the piece of literature; For example: Sometimes we lie to protect the ones we love.
What is the theme?
200
taking human characteristics and applying them to an object or nonhuman entity
What is personification?
200
someone's idea of a paradise that just doesn't quite work out too well...
What is a dystopia?
200
The Giver's daughter who killed herself
Who is Rosemary?
300
all plot is based on this little (or huge!) dilemma
What is conflict?
300
Characters that do not change are called this term
What is static?
300
exaggeration to make a point and/or be funny
What is hyperbole?
300
In The Giver, the term applied to absolutely no diversification (variation, differences, variety) in the society
What is Sameness?
300
the place where the Elders met and created The Village
What is the grief counseling center?
400
the events from the highest point in the story to the ending of the story
What is falling action?
400
This character in The Village was in love with Lucius and gave him a very intense speech about how much she loved him
Who is Kitty?
400
something or someone that represents someone or something else; like red=the bad color in The Village
What is symbolism?
400
a fake, a charade, a lie
What is a farce?
400
the resolution of The Giver
What is Jonas and Gabriel make it to Elsewhere?
500
the highest pinnacle of the story..where you think you know how the conflict will end up...
What is the climax?
500
This character supposedly made a fake animal suit and chased The Village's protagonist around while inside of it.
Who is Noah Percy?
500
a trip in time that can enhance characterization, conflict, and/or plot; this usually happens in films or novels
What is a flashback?
500
death or heaven/hell in The Giver
What is release?
500
a form of "release" we do in our society to our pets
What is euthanasia?
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