Vocabulary
The definition of the word authentic.
What is...
Genuine or real?
Setting is...
What is...
where and when a story takes place?
A character can be developed or characterized in these two ways.
What is...
Directly or Indirectly?
What/Who is...
Norma Lewis?
What is...
Gripping, tense, suspenseful, mysterious, etc.?
The resolution of the story.
What is...
Norma finding out about Arthur's death and remembering his insurance policy?
The difference between a topic and a theme.
What is...
A topic is a one word concept that tells you what something is about?
A theme is a lesson you learn and can apply to life about a topic?
The definition for the word repressed.
What is...
Held back or hidden?
Protagonist and Antagonist are both examples of...
What is...
Major Characters?
List one type of external conflict.
What is...
Person vs. Person
Person vs. Nature
Person vs. Society
Person vs. Supernatural
Person vs. Cosmos?
The setting of the story.
What is...
Norma & Arthur's New York City apartment in the early 1900s?
Norma being forced to make a difficult choice is an example of this type of conflict.
What is...
Person vs. Self?
The inciting incident of the story.
What is...
Mr. Steward bringing them the button and explaining the proposition?
What an author uses to establish a theme in a story.
What is/are...
Literary elements?
The definition of the word intrigue.
What is...
To arouse interest or curiosity about something?
True or False:
Literary elements are optional techniques that authors may use in their writing.
What is...
False! Literary elements are necessary elements of a story; Literary devices are optional techniques!!!
A person vs. self conflict is an example of an...
What is...
Internal Conflict?
The point of view used in "Button, Button".
What is...
3rd Person Limited POV?
The button box symbolizes this.
What is...
Temptation?
Norma's motivation for pressing the button.
What is...
Wanting a better life?
The theme of a text must always be...
What is...
INFERRED?
The definition for the word incredulous.
What is...
Unwilling to believe; skeptical?
Mood is...
What is...
The way the text makes the audience feel?
Theme is used to describe... (provide both definitions!)
What is...
-a topic, concept, or idea that is explored in a text?
-the underlying and central message of a text that can be applied to life?
The climax of the story.
What is...
Norma pressing the button?
True or False:
Norma is a static character by the resolution of the story.
What is...
False! Norma is a dynamic character because she abandons her morality and succumbs to the temptation?
A theme from the story about temptation.
What is...
Temptation can lead people to do things you'd never expect them to?
Temptation brings out the worst in some people?
The true test of a good person is how you handle temptation?
The difference between a moral and a theme.
What is...
A moral is a lesson that has to do with right and wrong.
A theme is any lesson that can be taken from a text and applied to life.
The definition for the word indemnity.
What is...
Insurance compensation due to damage or loss?
Tone is...
What is...
the author's attitude towards a subject?
The five parts of a plot diagram (in order) are...
What is...
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution/Denouement?
The antagonist of "Button, Button".
What/Who is...
Mr. Steward?
Provide a potential theme statement for the story "Button, Button".
What is...
Various Answers Accepted?
Must be a statement.
Must be general.
Must be a lesson that can be applied to life.
Must be supported fully by the text.
Explain how Norma mentioning the baby to Arthur can be used to indirectly characterize Norma as manipulative.
What is...
Once she realized that she couldn't convince him with material things, she tried to manipulate him with a child, aka his emotions, instead?
Provide an example of a topic and a potential theme statement for that topic.
What is...
Various Topics Accepted?
Various Theme Statements Accepted?