CHARACTERIZATION
What is characterization?
The way an author shows what a character is like
What are the five parts of a plot diagram--in order?
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Who is the protagonist of The Tell-Tale Heart?
The narrator OR Edgar Allen Poe
What is a flashback?
A scene that shows something from the past
What is a narrative?
A story with characters, events, and a plot
What type of characterization is it when the author directly tells you what a character is like?
Direct characterization
In The Monkey’s Paw, the sergeant-major warns the family about the paw. Which part of the plot is this?
Exposition
In The Monkey’s Paw, who is the antagonist opposing the family’s wishes?
The monkey’s paw (fate/supernatural force)
What is foreshadowing?
A hint about something that will happen later
What is dialogue?
A character’s spoken words in a story
What type of characterization is it when you must infer from a character’s actions, thoughts, or words?
Indirect characterization
In The Lottery, Tessie Hutchinson’s name being chosen is which part of the plot?
Climax
The character, Old Man Warner in The Lottery is what type of character?
Static
In The Lion King, Simba remembering his father is what literary device?
Flashback
What point of view uses “I,” “me,” or “my”?
First person
In The Tell-Tale Heart, the narrator saying he is “not mad” is which type of characterization?
Direct characterization
In The Tell-Tale Heart, the narrator screams and confesses after hearing the “beating heart.” Which part of the plot is this?
Falling Action
Is Esperanza in The House on Mango Street a round or flat character?
Round--she starts excited about the new house and then ends up hating it and her name and family.
Both flashbacks and foreshadowing are used to build what in a story?
Suspense
In The Lottery, the narrator tells the story without using “I.” What point of view is this?
Third person
In The Lottery, Old Man Warner’s defense of tradition "Things just aren't the way it use to be. It should be the way it use to be." indirectly shows what about his character?
He is resistant to change
In The Lottery, what is the resolution after Tessie’s protest?
She is stoned to death and the lottery ends for the year
Which type of character is Tessie Hutchinson — dynamic or static — and why?
she's Dynamic, because her feelings of the lottery changes once she is chosen.
In The Monkey’s Paw, the sergeant-major’s warning is what literary device?
Foreshadowing
What point of view is this passage written in?
“I told everyone in the class that the assignment was due on Friday, but some students still forgot. When I looked at their notebooks, I couldn’t help but shake my head. If they listened the first time, things would be so much easier.”
First person