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Where and when the story takes place
What is setting?
100
The author describes the character's physical appearance, the character's actions, thoughts and speech, and tells about other character's reactions to and comments about the character.
What are ways that an author develops a character or reveals about a character?
100
Point of view where the narrator is not a character in the story but an outside observer. Has insights about only one character in the story.
What is Third Person Limited?
100
Something concrete- a person, place, object, or activity-that represents an abstract idea.
What is a symbol?
100
The act of a person saying one thing and meaning another.
What is verbal irony?
200
The feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader
What is mood?
200
A character is complex, has a variety of traits, shows a range of emotions, displays strengths and weaknesses, often changes over the course of the story.
What is a round character?
200
Point of View where the narrator is the main or major character in the story, refers to him or herself as I or me, presents his or her own thoughts, feelings, and interpretations, and lacks direct access to the thoughts of other characters.
What is First Person Point of View?
200
An underlying message about life that the writer wants to convey.
What is theme?
300
Creates conflict, influences characters, helps create mood, and serves as a symbol.
What are ways that the setting influences the setting?
300
A character who is defined by one or two traits, shows only a few emotions, may be stereotypes or stock characters, and don't grow or change
What is a flat character?
300
Author's use of hints to build suspense about what will happen next.
What is Foreshadowing?
300
The fishing trip in the story "Two Friends"
What is a symbol of friendship and beauty of life before the war.
400
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What are the plot stages.
400
The reasons behind a character's actions.
What is motivation?
400
Point of view where the narrator is not a character in the story but an outside observer, is "all knowing"-he or she has access to the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
What is Third Person Omnicient?
400
Messages about emotions and experiences that are common to all people.
What is universal theme?
500
A struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
500
A character who does not grow or change over the course of the story.
What is a static character.
500
An account of an event or conversation that happened before the beginning of the story.
What is Flashback?
500
The two cranes in the story Cranes.
What are symbols of friendship.