20/20
The point of view in "20/20".
What is "third-person" (could be limited or omniscient)?
The point of view in "Flu".
What is "third-person" (probably limited)?
The point of view of "Sticks".
What is "first-person plural"?
The point of view of "Prints".
What is "first-person"?
The four characterization methods.
What is appearance, action, dialogue, and thought.
The setting of "20/20".
What is Indiana, Ohio, Chicago, Fargo, Twin Falls, Spokane (the setting is constantly changing)
What is the central characterization method at the start of "Flu"?
What is "appearance"?
George Saunders says this was the inspiration for the story.
A real house that he used to drive past.
What does the narrator/protagonist think happened to her sister?
That she had pushed off into the air, flying away.
The five parts of plot.
What is "exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution"?
Why does Bill decide to "go along" with Ruthie's vision(s) of the world at the end of the story?
Because she sees him as a "handsome genius".
What is the central characterization method in the final paragraph of "Flu"?
What is "dialogue"?
What is the climactic/turning point of "Sticks"?
What is the mother's death OR father's death (followed very quickly by falling action and resolution in the same sentence).
What actually happened to her sister?
She was abducted and killed.
The four kinds of points-of-view.
What is "first person, second person, third person limited, third person omniscient"?
Our protagonists in "20/20".
Who is Bill and Ruthie?
Our protagonists in "Flu".
Who is Faye and Aldo?
Our protagonists in "Sticks".
Who are the father and the children of the father?
Our protagonists in "Prints".
Who are the sister and Lucy?
This term means: "when the reader is given information that the character does not have."
What is "dramatic irony"?
Characters who demonstrate complexity through the story are said to be ______________.
Ms. Corwin's birthday.
Tuesday, September 20.
Characters who change through the story are said to be ______________.
What is "dynamic"?
The name of Miss Corwin's cat.
What is "Soup"?
This term means: "subtle hints about what will happen later in the plot of the story".
What is "foreshadowing"?