Characterization
This character is the protagonist in "The Lottery." The other villagers like "Old Man Warner" are working against her.
Who is Tessie Hutchinson?
If Buddy is a protagonist in "Sweet Potato Pie," then the students who teased him for his poverty and hand-me-downs would be examples of those working against him, or called:
What are antagonists?
Which point of view is "Kipling and I," "A Choice of Weapons," and "Sweet Potato Pie" all told from?
What is first person point of view?
Identify the literary device that captures the feeling, atmosphere, or emotional quality of a work. It is often created with details about people and the setting.
For example, as the princess's loved one walks to the door on the right, the atmosphere or ________is quite tense.
What is mood?
Name the comma rule applied below:
For dinner we can have pizza, tacos, or pasta.
What is use commas between items in a series of three or more items/ideas?
If a character trait is directly stated in the story, like saying Buddy is hard-working, that would be an example of this type of characterization:
What is direct characterization?
Having to make a difficult decision or working through fear would be examples of this type of conflict:
What is internal conflict?
The characters readers typically support, side with, and root for (think Buddy, Gordon Parks, and Jesus Colon) are called:
What are protagonists?
This literary device should be a complete sentence, avoid using personal pronouns (I, me, you, we), and is the main idea or message in a literary work. It is often an insight about life or human nature.
What is a theme or thematic statement?
Identify the sentence that correctly handles subject-verb agreement when an intervening phrase separates the subject and verb?
A. The complex instructions for the new software was confusing.
OR:
B. The complex instructions for the new software were confusing.
What is option B? The intervening phrase is "for the new software"; the subject is instructions, so we need a plural verb: were
If we have to infer a character trait from their thoughts, words, and/or actions, like noticing Gordon Parks is determined, persistent, and creative, this would be an example of this type of characterization:
What is indirect characterization?
Tessie vs. the villagers, Jesus Colon vs. his racist employers, and Buddy vs. Charley would all be examples of this type of conflict:
What is man vs. man, society, or external conflicts.
Don't give up hope, Work against injustices, Family and friends support one another, and Humans can act inhumane ways are all life lessons or ___________ in stories we've read this year.
What are themes or thematic statements?
This term is used to describe a character who is complex, multi-dimensional, shows varied, and sometimes, contradictory traits.
What is a round character?
Identify the comma and apostrophe rules used below:
After students bundled up, they built their snowmen, went sledding at Mills Creek, then headed over to Mr. Smith's Coffee Shop to warm up with some hot chocolate.
What are to use a comma after an introductory clause and to separate items in a series; additionally, use an apostrophe to convey singular possession?
The princess in "The Lady, or the Tiger?" stays the same and does not change from the beginning to the end of the story. She is described as being passionate and semi-barbaric. This description mostly matches this literary term tied to characterization:
Buddy struggles to show his brother Charley how much he appreciates Charley's own sacrifices so Buddy could earn an education. This is an example of this type of conflict:
An author or speaker's attitude in the story is known as this literary term:__________
An example would be how the setting at the beginning of "The Lottery" is light-hearted but shifting to violent and dark at the end of the story.
What is tone shift?
What something concrete represents something abstract, we have this literary device:
Examples would be a brown paper bag in "Sweet Potato Pie" or the motif of the color black used in "The Lottery."
What is symbolism?
Name the semicolon rule applied below:
The waves crashed loudly; they were a beautiful, but terrifying, sight.
What is use a semicolon to join two closely related independent clauses?
In "A Choice of Weapons," Gordon Parks changes from being optimistic and naive when he first reaches Washington D.C., to frustrated by discrimination and determined to do something about injustice by the end of the story. This change he undergoes best connects us to this literary term tied to characterization:
What is a dynamic character?
Identify four types of external conflicts:
What is man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, and man vs. technology?
There were many examples of giving hints or clues of what would happen in "The Lottery." Some of these included references to stones and the black-dotted slip. These hints and clues are known as:
What is foreshadowing?
Identify the difference between verbal, situational, and dramatic irony:
Verbal irony: When there is a different between what is said and what is meant (often sarcasm)
Situational irony: This exists when the actual outcome of a situation is opposite of what is expected.
Dramatic irony: This exists when the reader knows something that the character does not know.
Identify the colon, comma, AND semicolon rules used below here:
The team visited three cities: Boston, Massachusetts; Denver, Colorado; and Seattle, Washington.
What is use a colon to announce a list AND what is use a semicolon to separate locations within the list AND use commas between cities and states?