Lit Term Definitions
What is internal conflict?
What is external conflict?
Conflict happens between a character and themselves
Conflict happens between a character and an outside force
What is a protagonist?
What is an antagonist?
The main character of a story aka whomever the story is mainly about
The main rival to the protagonist
Where is the place of the gods actually?
New York City
Who's a dynamic character in Sister Godzilla?
Who's a static character?
Dot - she goes from being a bully to being a protector
Toddy - he stays the same
What's the order of a plot diagram?
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
What is verbal irony?
When you say one thing, but mean the opposite
Ex: Sarcasm
What is a dynamic character?
What is a static character?
A character who deeply changes over time
A character who doesn't change
What is the climax in sister godzilla?
When Dot has a change of heart after speaking to Sister Anita about her bullying
What is the climax of the Pin?
When he beats his dad in the match
What is symbolism?
items that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well
What is an allusion?
Allusion is an author’s reference to something OUTSIDE of the text that their readers would recognize
Direct - Explicitly describing/stating a character’s traits
Indirect - Shows readers the characters’ traits without explicitly describing them; imply
What archetype is most like John?
The adventurer
What is a theme statement?
What the author is trying to say about a theme topic
Aka what did you learn about the topic in general/abstract terms
Character that represents a certain type of UNIVERSAL human experience
Archetype
What is mood?
What is tone?
Mood is the emotional feeling or atmosphere that a text gives to the READER
Tone is the attitude writer has toward subject or an audience - AUTHOR perspective
Explain a) an ironic moment in Sister Godzilla and b) what type of irony it is
Explain the allusion from “By the Waters of Babylon”?
People wept over the fall of Babylon like people in John’s community will mourn when they find out about the fall of the Place of the Gods.
What could be a theme topic for the pin?
What could be a theme statement about that topic?
Depends on the answer you gave.
Ex:
Theme topics = family, expectations, hard work, innocence, coming of age, etc.
What is dramatic irony?
What is situational irony?
Dramatic irony is when the readers know something that the characters don't
Situational irony is when we expect one thing to happen, but the opposite does
What's the different between the two types of third person pov?
Third person limited - Perspective that follows one character ONLY to tell the story
Third person omniscient - Perspective that follows all characters to tell the story aka the book knows everything about everyone
List three things that happen in the rising action of By the Waters of Babylon
1. John crosses the raging river
2. John kills a panther and sees three deer
3. He takes both as a sign that the gods want him to go to the place of the gods
How did the "gods" do what John's father said:
“if you eat too much truth at once, you may die of the truth.”
They discovered nuclear weapons and killed everyone hence "the Great Burning"
What dramatic irony is in "the Pin?"