Genres
A story inside of another story.
What is a frame tale (or a frame story)?
The POV associated with the pronouns I, me, and my, where a character is narrating their own experiences.
What is first person?
Ali Baba says this phrase to open the door to the cave of treasure.
What is "Open Sesame"?
The wounded union soldier in "After the Battle" turns out to be this person.
This type of nonfiction genre is a short essay written by the author about themselves, usually focused on a particular event in their life.
What is an autobiographical essay?
The POV associated with the pronouns he/she/it and his/her/its, where the narrator can display the thoughts of any character in the story.
What is third person omniscient?
Joyce resents Bill Ryder for this reason.
Ryder killed his father.
Uncle Abner gets Wolf to sign over the land that rightfully belonged to Julia. He does this by revealing that he knows a secret about Wolf. He has figured out that Wolf did this.
Wolf killed his own brother.
This type of detective fiction contains a detective who seeks to figure out which of a cast of possible suspects has committed a particular crime (usually murder).
What are whodunit mysteries?
The POV associated with the pronouns he/she/it and his/her/its, where the narrator can only display the thoughts of one character.
What is third person limited?
Santha is given this "English" name by the headmistress.
What is Cynthia?
Morgiana kills the thieves in jars by doing this to them.
Define genre.
Categories of literature.
What is a persona?
The niece (Vera) in "The Open Window" makes up a story to frighten Mr. Nuttel, a visitor. What is the story she makes up?
Her uncle and brother died three years back, but her aunt still thinks they'll come back some day the same way they left (through the window). That's why her aunt left a window open.
Describe one of the ways Santha and her sister experience prejudice and how they reacted to it.
Answers will vary.
A short narrative of a single interesting or amusing incident.
What is an anecdote?
Explain how point of view creates tension or makes a character more sympathetic in a story we read in class.
Answers will vary. (You will have to do something similar to this on the test, so start thinking now.)