Bio, Novel and Characters
What is Biography?
A biography is a detailed description of a person's life.
What is a Setting?
A setting is the time and geographic location within a narrative, either non-fiction or fiction. It is a literary element.
Define Characterization.
Characterization is the representation of the traits, motives, and psychology of a character in a narrative.
Define Conflict.
conflict in literature refers to the struggle between opposing forces that drives the plot and develops the characters.
The detective and the criminal engaged in a cat-and-mouse game, each trying to outwit the other.
Man vs Man
What is a Character?
A person or animal that plays a role in a story.
Define Plot.
The Plot is the sequence of events in a story; each event causes or leads to another.
List 5 Characters in the novel.
Josh, Boy, Bertha, Kelly, Anthony, The Redmonds etc
Define Themes.
A theme is the central idea or underlying message of a literary work. It explores significant topics or concepts that the author seeks to convey, often reflecting broader human experiences or societal issues.
List 3 Themes that surrounds the novel.
Love
Courage
Love for animals
Youth vs adult
Loyalty
Childhood experiences
Justice
Parenting
Discipline
Change
Friendship
Responsibility
What are the Types of Characters?
Major and Minor
What is the Setting in the Novel?
The setting of the story is in Kendal, Jamaica on a first day of school after the summer holiday.
"Mr. Watson...puffed out his chest like a pigeon."
What Literary Device is the Phrase above?
Simile
List 3 Conflicts from the Novel.
Boy keeps following Josh
Boy is discovered, Josh gets in trouble and Boy gets sold
fter years of unhappiness, Mark questioned whether he was truly living the life he wanted.
Man vs Self
What is a Novel?
a novel is a long prose narrative that must be read in many settings.
List the Elements of a plot in Order.
Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
List 3 Characteristics of Boy and 3 of Josh
Boy- a clever but mischievous bull-calf. He is a beautiful, chubby, and mostly greyish in color but spotted with white in a number of places. His face was grey and white.
What are the types of themes?
Major and Minor
The activist fought for the rights of the oppressed, standing against the corrupt government that sought to silence her.
Man vs Society
What is Prose?
refers to the form of literature that has ordinary language and sentence structure.
What is the Introduction and Resolution of A cow called boy.
Intro: We are introduced to characters and learned about the relationship between Josh and Boy
Resolution:
"That calf's dynamite"
Metaphor
List the Types of Conflicts.
Man vs Man, Self, Society, Nature, Supernatural, Machine
He climbed the treacherous mountain, struggling against the freezing winds and lack of oxygen.
Man vs Nature