Story Elements
True or False: Thematic statements should include character names and specific plot points.
What is false?
The literary device that hints about something that will happen later in the story is...
What is foreshadowing?
This type of conflict is seen in "The Monkey's Paw" when Mr. White argues to Mrs. White that they should not make a second wish.
What is person vs. person?
Revenge is destructive to a community because the cycle of violence usually harms innocent individuals. This thematic statement BEST relates to the text _____________.
What is A Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds?
The five senses that help a reader visualize the story in their mind are...
What is see, hear, taste, smell, and touch/feel?
Fill in the blank: The setting affects _____________ in a story
What is mood / atmosphere / tone?
All three stories utilized this literary device, which left readers guessing what would happen after the story ends. This literary device is...
What is cliffhanger?
This type of conflict is when there is a problem between the main character and something that is uncontrollable.
What is person vs. fate or God?
Thinking wisely about all decisions is important because even the smallest choice can leave a huge impact on the rest of your life. This thematic statement BEST relates to the text _____________.
What is "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs?
The information given before or after quotations revealing who is speaking and how they are saying it is called...
What is the speaker tag?
Name the three parts of plot in the CORRECT order. Note beginning, middle, and end will NOT count.
What is Exposition, Climax, and Resolution?
Name the literary device seen in this quote from "The Monkey's Paw": "...how could two hundred pounds hurt you, father?"
AND state how this represents that literary device.
What is foreshadowing? What is the hint that the 200 pounds will not only be harmful, but fatal to Herbert?
Give a description for the conflict person vs. self.
What is an internal problem the main character is dealing with?
Name the three parts to a thematic idea in the CORRECT order learned in our English Class.
What is thematic idea + statement + qualifying clause?
Name the 3 types of ways you can write your suspense narrative.
What is graphic novel, short story, and multiple perspective novel?
Fill in the blank in the CORRECT order: Learning Target 8.2 states - I can analyze how the _________, setting, and _______ work together to develop the _______ or central idea in the text.
Hint: Conflict is not an option.
What is character, plot, and theme?
This literary element adds suspense in A Long Way Down because Reynolds decides to kill off Shawn, one of the main characters, at the beginning of the story.
What is plot pacing?
This type of conflict is seen in Long Way Down where many young adults have died due to gang violence while in The Sun Is Also A Star, Natasha faces deportation.
What is person vs. society?
Name the difference between a thematic IDEA and a thematic STATEMENT.
What is a thematic idea as a word related to the theme of the story and a thematic statement as the universal message of a story?
Name 4 conventions of a graphic novel.
What is speech bubbles, actions words (POW or BANG), a lot of pictures / images, exaggerated facial expressions, frames?
Name the 5 story elements that we identified and analyzed for each of the stories.
What is character, setting, plot, conflict, and theme?
Give 3 SPECIFIC examples explaining how the TEXT, The Sun Is Also A Star, creates suspense even though it falls under the romance genre.
What is the chapters switching between multiple characters, the interrupting chapter "Multiverses" in the middle of Natasha and Daniel's conversation, readers wondering whether or not Natasha and Daniel will fall in love, readers wondering whether or not Natasha and her family will be deported, readers figuring out what the "X-factor" is?
Name the 5 types of conflict that a story can have.
What is person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. society, person vs. nature, person vs. fate / God?
Name a thematic STATEMENT based off of this quote from Natasha in The Sun Is Also A Star:
“I don’t believe in love.”
“Can you use the scientific method on it? Can you observe it, measure it, experiment with it, and repeat your experiments? You cannot.” (76)
What is traditional gender roles should not be followed because women are allowed to like and not like anything that men do?
The four purposes of dialogue are...