Short Fiction
The organized events of a story.
What is plot?
Sarah Koenig
Who is the narrator of "Serial"?
Emilia
Who is Iago's wife?
A writer who published several short stories in prestigious NY magazines.
Who is JD Salinger?
Provides the argument of a paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
Serves to introduce the story, characters, setting (sometimes conflict).
What is exposition?
An audio program like a radio show, usually available for listening or download online.
What is a podcast?
An island under Ottoman rule and vied for by the Venetians.
What is Cyprus?
Open to interpretation by all readers and usually have more than one meaning.
What are symbols?
When the subject of a sentence performs the verb’s action.
What is active voice?
A story where a character wishes they owned something far more costly than they can afford.
What is "The Necklace" about?
A written sworn statement of fact voluntarily made.
What is an affidavit?
Hamartia
What is a tragic flaw?
Developed psychoanalysis, a treatment of neuroses.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
“Throughout history,” “Many people,” “As humans,”
What are examples of generalizations?
The barber's struggle with his desire to murder Captain Torres.
What is the major conflict in the story?
•A first hand account of what happened
•Can be opinionated/bias
•Reliable depending on the source
What is a primary source?
Uses the weaknesses and strengths of their victims to take advantage of them.
What is a Machiavellian villain?
This symbol gives us insight into Holden’s sensitivity.
What is Allie's baseball glove?
Used to link (in a single sentence) two independent clauses that are closely related in thought.
What is a semi-colon?
An ominous vision of the future.
What is Bradbury's "The Veldt"?
Stephanie
Who is Jay's girlfriend?
Who says the following line: “Well, do it, and be brief; I will walk by: I would not kill they unprepared spirit; No; heaven forfend! I would not kill thy soul.”
Othello
Holden is argued to suffer from this:
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
•Semantic --> meaning
•Syntactic --> phrases (that make sense)
•Pragmatic --> enticing a reaction
What is the three-step process to writing?