Literary Terms
Define flashback in your own words.
A device that moves an audience from the present moment in a chronological narrative to a scene in the past.
Something that is clean.
Pristine
What is introduced in the exposition?
Characters, setting, and the main conflict are typically introduced.
Who is Balboa's greatest threat?
The Spanish rivals
To stick out.
Protruding
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To yield or give away.
Cede
How would you describe the climax as?
The peak of the story, a major event occurs in which the main character faces a major enemy, fear, challenge, or other source of conflict. The most action, drama, change, and excitement occurs here.
Which character traits would you describe Balboa as?
Ambitious, arrogant, etc.?
The name of the plot structure pyramid.
Freytag's Pyramid
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A disagreement or conflict.
Discord
Describe the rising action.
The main character is in crisis and events leading up to facing the conflict begin to unfold. The story becomes complicated.
What does Balboa do to the converts?
Why is Balboa so preoccupied with his self image?
He wants to be seen as a powerful leader.
Look for an example of irony.
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Food supply.
Provision
Describe falling action.
The story begins to slow down and work towards its end, tying up loose ends.
Why does Balboa think about Cristobal Colon, Vespucci, and the Pizarro brothers?
He considers himself as a great leader.
Difference in quality.
Distinction
Define irony in your own words.
Contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true.
To take the place of.
Supplanted.
Describe the resolution.
Also known as the denouement, the resolution is like a concluding paragraph that resolves any remaining issues and ends the story.
Balboa is not satisfied of having supplanted Enciso because
He considers himself a great explorer.
Define in media res.
The story starts in the middle of the action.