How do you determine if a character is a dynamic character?
You notice if the character's personality changes by the end of the story
100
To determine the point of view, we should primarily look at what in the short story
The narration
The pronouns used in the narration
100
What is a symbol?
What is a concrete object that represents an emotion, idea or other abstract concept
100
What is foreshadowing
What is the clues the author gives to help the reader predict how the conflict will end or how a character will behave
200
Give an example of an internal conflict
any struggle that takes place in one's head or heart; a personal dilemma
200
Determining indirect characterization requires the reader to make an __________________
inference
200
What is one disadvantage of having a first-person narrator
The first person narrator could be biased or unreliable so that it's difficult to trust the information
Using a first person narrator could make it difficult to understand other characters; too focused
200
Come up with your own simile
answers will vary
200
What is the difference between mood and tone?
Mood is reader based and tone is author based
300
How is the climax significant to character development?
Usually during the emotional height of the story, the character is solving or about to solve the conflict, revealing his/her static or dynamic personality
300
Determining indirect characterization is often remembered by the acronym STEAL. What does the S stand for?
What is what a character SAYS
300
This type of narrator is outside of the story and focuses on the thoughts, feelings and actions of one particular character
What is third-person limited
300
What is the connection between imagery and mood?
What is imagery and the author's word choice in describing those images helps demonstrate the mood of the story. You use the images to help make inferences about the mood.
300
What is one way an author can create mood?
What is through the description of the setting and his/her word choice
400
Provide two things that are often established in the exposition
What is the mood, the setting and/or the characters' personalities
400
Determining indirect characterization is often remembered by the acronym STEAL. What does the T stand for?
What is what a character THINKS
400
What does omniscient mean?
What is all-knowing; god-like
400
What is connotation
What is the emotional connection/meaning of a word
400
What does it mean to determine the theme of a short story?
It means to determine the point or main idea of the story, the universal idea that the author would like you to know about human nature and life
500
What must happen before the rising action can occur?
The conflict
500
Determining indirect characterization is often remembered by the acronym STEAL. What does the A stand for?
What is how a character ACTS
500
Name 1 question you should ask when determining point of view:
Who is telling the story?
Whose story is being told?
Is the narrator inside or outside of the story?
500
Name two ways you determine what a symbol represents
Look at the physical description of the object
Look at who uses the object and when they use it
Look at how the object changes over the story
and then connect all of that to the idea the symbol represents
500
To determine tone, what must you first identify?
What is the subject the author will take an attitude towards