Legal Terms
Who decides whether a defendant is guilty or not guilty?
The Jury
Who is the protagonist of the book?
Steve Harmon
Which type of conflict is this?
James King kills Mr. Nesbitt.
What is a struggle between two opposing forces?
Conflict
What is the exposition of a story?
How the story begins.
Lawyers call witnesses to the stand to give a ____________.
Bonus: what do witnesses have to do before they do this?
testimony
Bonus: swear an oath (tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth)
Who found Mr. Nesbitt's body?
Jose Delgado
Which type of conflict is this?
The jury assumes Steve is guilty because he is black.
Person vs. Society
What is the difference between 1st and 3rd person POV?
1st person: main character tells the story
3rd person: narrator/outsider tells the story
The height of the action, the moment we have been waiting for since the beginning of the book is called...
Climax
Break off (a meeting, legal case, game, etc.) to resume later.
Ex. "Court is ________ for the day. We will continue the case tomorrow."
adjourn(ed)
Who do each of the following lawyers represent?
Sandra Petrocelli
Kathy O'Brien
Asa Briggs
Petrocelli: Who is the people?
O'Brien: Who is Steve Harmon?
Briggs: Who is James King?
Which type of conflict is this?
Steve isn't sure if he should be friends with James King. He wants to be cool, but he knows King is not a good guy.
Person vs. Self
Draw and label a plot diagram.
exposition/beginning, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/ending
Why do authors use flashbacks?
To reveal important information and make the story more interesting.
What is this an example of?
"Miss McKernan could not have been involved in the robbery because she was at school that day. We have footage of her in the hallways at the time of the crime."
alibi
Which characters chose to testify in court to get a lesser sentence?
(3 total!)
Osvaldo Cruz, Bobo Evans, and Sal Zinzi
What is the MAIN conflict of Monster?
Steve is arrested for / accused of murder.
Why would an author choose to write a story in 1st person?
Allow readers to better understand the main character.
What is an unreliable narrator?
A main character who misleads the audience.
What is the difference between a prosecutor and a defense attorney?
A prosecutor brings an accused person (a defendant) to trial and represents the state's case against the accused person.
A defense attorney represents an accused person (defendant) against criminal prosecution.
Explain each character's role in the robbery/murder:
James King, Bobo Evans, Steve Harmon, Osvaldo Cruz
King: killed Mr. Nesbitt
Bobo: assisted in robbery
Steve: lookout
Osvaldo: stop anyone who tried to chase them
List all 6 types of conflict!
Person vs...
Person, Nature, Technology, Fate, Society, Self
What is the context of a setting?
What is...
How time and place come together
(The type of world the characters are living in. Ex: political or social issues, environmental problems, other special/different things)
What is the difference between a linear and a nonlinear narrative?
Nonlinear narratives are interrupted (flashbacks, flashforward, other storylines...).