Elements
A character is
What is the people, animals or animated things in the story?
This device compares two or more things using LIKE or AS
What is Simile?
The poet of 'The woman who speaks to the man who has employed her son'
What is Lorna Goodison?
The author of the story.
What is Langston Hughes?
The Exposition is
What is the introduction/start of a story where the character and setting are introduced.
The setting is
What is the time and place the story takes place.
This device gives human qualities to an animal, object or idea.
What is Personification?
The poet of 'Dreaming Black Boy'.
What is James Berry?
The physical setting of the story.
What is a sanitarium in the countryside of Jersey City, near a beach?
The Resolution is
What is the conclusion on a story?
The plot of a story is
What is the sequence/order of events?
If I wanted to say doing math equations is easy, I could say math is "a piece of _______"
What is cake?
These are two(2) themes in 'The woman speaks to the man who has employed her son'.
What is Death, Love, Family Relationship, Dream and Aspiration, Religion, Childhood Experience
The story was told from this point of view.
What is third person omniscient?
The narrator is.
What is the person who tells/recounts the story.
The theme in a story is
What is the central/main idea or the underlining meaning in literary work?
Words that are repeated to show emphasis or urgency.
What is Repetition.
These are two(2) major themes in 'Dreaming Black Boy'.
What is 'Racism' and 'Dreams and Aspiration' or 'Childhood Experiences'?
These were the two(2) major themes in the story.
What is 'Racism' and 'Oppression'?
A protagonist is
What is the main character in a play, film, novel?
A conflict within a story can either be _________ or __________.
What is 'internal' or 'external'?
A comparison of two unlike things that DO NOT use the words 'like' or 'as'
What is Metaphor?
The line "my inside eye a sun" is an example of a _______________.
What is Metaphor?
Evidence of Two(2) Literary Devices in the story.
What is Irony, Repetition, symbolism, imagery
The antagonist is
What is the character that opposes the protagonist's goal?