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Plot and Conflict
Literary Terms 2
Characters
Characterization
More Literary Terms
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Which part of the story creates the tone, introduces the setting, some of the characters and gives background?
Exposition
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A feeling of growing curiosity or of anxious uncertainty about what will happen next in a piece of literature.
Suspense
100
A realistic character who has having several sides to his/her personality.
Round Character
100
What type of characterization is used in the following: Sarah was born to be a nurse. Her compassion and tender ability to help others first emerged when she was 13. That’s when she began to take care of her mother who had been stricken with ALS. Sarah’s kindness and gentleness are a rare gift.
What is direct characterization-The reader is told that Sarah is compassionate, tender, kind, gentle, and a born nurse
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This category of Narrative perspective (POV) narration from someone other than the characters in the story, generally using pronouns like “he,” “she,” & “they.”
3rd Person Perspective
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The problem in the story, or opposing tensions that give rise to the story's action
Conflict
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The main idea, message, or lesson of the story.
Theme
200
Often they are minor characters who only display one or two character traits.
Flat characters
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What type of characterization is used in the following: “The patient boy and the quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey their mother.”
What is direct characterization
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The reader knows something that the characters do not know.
Dramatic Irony
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The following is an example of what? "Jeff is struggling to make time after school to study. Unfortunately he just received the latest “Call of Duty” game for his Xbox. He knows he needs to get better grades, but the desire to destroy the terrorists is stronger than his desire to do well in English."
Internal Conflict
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Explain the meaning of the phrase “Lamb to the Slaughter” and how it serves as a form of irony
To be unaware of an impending catastrophe. This is situational irony because that's when we don't see what is coming to us, and also dramatic irony if OTHER people know the lamb is headed to their own slaughter.
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What do we learn about Mary’s character from the line: “She loved to luxuriate in the presence of this man, and to feel-almost as a sunbather feels the sun-that warm male glow that came out of him to her when they were alone together.”
Mary loves and appreciates being with husband.
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What type of characterization is used in the following: “Julie held up six different outfits in front of the mirror and pondered which would go best with her navy blue shoes, pastel eye shadow and the diamond earrings she’d already procured from her overflowing vanity. After ninety minutes of mixing and matching, and cell-phoning her sister three times for advice, Julie finally made up her mind.”
What is indirect characterization - We're shown through her actions that she is indecisive
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When what happens is the opposite of what was expected.
Situational Irony
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Which is the correct order of the parts of a story?
Exposition--> Rising Action --> Climax --> Falling Action -->Resolution
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In many Shakespearean plays, the main character’s moral weakness, inability to cope with the world, or one of their specific character shortcomings which lead to their downfall is called their
What is a tragic flaw
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Typically the main characters, this type will undergo a change in personality or thought during the story
Dynamic Character
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What type of characterization is used in the following: “Fran, she is a bully!” Julie commented. “She’s bad, mean, everything that is not good! If she sees little kids playing, she’ll go over there and pick on them. She doesn’t care what happens to them. She throws pencils at people from the back of the room, and talks about everyone!”
What is indirect characterization--Another character reveals to the reader what Fran is like.
400
Words and phrases that are used to create comparisons, add freshness, and add creativity to writing is known as
Imagery
500
In 1972 a seventh grade girl wants to take shop class in her middle school but is informed that she must take home economics because she is a girl. She pleads her case to her parents, several trusted teachers, her principal and two members of her local school board. This is what type of conflict?
Person vs. Society
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Which narrative perspective is being using in this excerpt: First, wash your hands and gather all of your materials. Once you’ve done that, follow all of the directions in your cookbook. Put the crispy treats in the oven and cook for 30-35.
2nd Person POV
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These characters do not change in any way as a result of the story
Static Characters
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Indirect characterization can be achieved in 5 ways symbolized with the acronym BOATS. What are the "BOATS"
What is body language, other character's reactions, actions, thoughts, speech
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On the first day of school, Victor stood in line half and hour before he came to a wobbly card table. He was handed a packet of papers and a computer card on which he listed his one elective, French. He already spoke Spanish and English, but he thought some day he might travel to France...
3rd Person Limited POV