Key Terms (easy)
The time place and duration of the story.
The setting
The events in the story where it begins to become complicated.
Rising action
What was the first man’s third wish?
two hundred pounds
This type of conflict occurs in the short story, "On the Sidewalk Bleeding."
What is man vs. man?
What was the conflict in the sniper?
Man vs Man
Man vs Self
It is the sequence of events in a story or a play.
The plot
It is one of the two types of conflict. This is when there is a struggle with a force outside one's self.
External conflict - Man vs Man, Man vs Society, Man vs Nature.
What are some themes in the story?
Supernatural, death, danger of wishing
What's the theme in on a sidewalk bleeding?
Identity
Who is the sniper?
two snipers
Republican and free stater
It is the highest point of the story.
The climax
This is a point of view told from the third person. It is as if the narrator is just following the characters around and describing what is happening to each of the characters.
omniscient point of view
What does credulity mean?
Credulity - noun – willingness to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility
What effect does Andy’s jacket have on the people who find him in the alley?
The only see him as a gang member not a human being
What is a civil war?
It’s a war between citizens of the same country.
It is the main character of the story.
The protagonist
This is a type of conlict where the leading character struggles with himself/herself; with his/her own soul, ideas of right or wrong, physical limitations, choices, etc.
What is man vs. himself?
What was the third wish?
For the son to be dead again
What does Andy do with the last of his strength?
Takes off his jacket to be known as Andy and not a royal
Was Liam O'Flaherty part of the civil war?
Yes
The person in a work of fiction.
Character
•Characters
•Setting
•Plot
•Conflict
•Point of view
•Theme
What does the mother want the father to use the second wish for?
To bring back her son
Names all the characters in on a sidewalk bleeding
drunk man, old lady, Freddie and Angela (couple), Laura, Andy, Cop
What is the setting of the sniper?
At nightfall in Dublin, from a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge.