Literary Devices
The story is told by an individual who is not a character in the story, but who knows every event in the past, present, or future, including all thoughts & feelings
What is omniscient 3rd person narration?
A character that is described in detail
What is a round character?
The start of the story where the characters, setting, and situation are introduced.
What is the exposition?
Name a story that uses first person narration?
"Borders" and "Lather, Nothing Else"
What type of irony is it when we know of Lexi's bipolar disorder, but Jeff does not ...
Dramatic Irony
The central message of a text that the author is trying to teach us, NEVER just one word.
What is a theme?
A character who undergoes an important inner change in personality or attitude.
What is a dynamic character?
The action leading to the resolution of the story.
What is the falling action?
Describe the situational irony in the story "Flowers".
Alice Walker's contrast of a joyful mood on a summer day to the discovery of a dead man at the end of the story.
Identify the story that uses an extended metaphor
What is "Hair Love"?
The main technique Hernando Tellez uses in his story to build tension "Lather, Nothing Else" is
What is suspense?
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to the main character.
What is an antagonist?
Identify the plot point: In "Lather, Nothing Else", the moment when the barber holds the blade to Captain Torrez's throat.
What is the turning point/climax?
Provide an example from a story which demonstrates the use of foreshadowing
Answers will vary, one example is the barber's nerves foreshadowing he will be unable to 'do the job'
Identify the visual short with the most evident moral dilemma
What is Black Mirror's "White Christmas" aaka "Cookie" segment?
An object that represents something else on a figurative level.
What is a symbol?
Define and provide an example of a static character
A character who does not change throughout the story.
Answers will vary, for example - Matt in "Cookie"
The alternative name for the resolution of a story is
What is denoument ?
Identify a symbol in "Borders."
The border itself symbolizes the division of identity and culture.
(Answers may vary)
The red suit the man wears in the music video "Think I'm in Love With You" is used to symbolize
What is passion?
The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.
What is tone?
When indirectly characterized, readers must _____ character traits based on a character's speech, thoughts, effects on others, attitude and physical looks.
What is infer?
What is the initial incident?
In "Flowers" the historical context of the racist period of Jim Crow segregation is known as ...
Milieu / Social Conditions
Describe the use of juxtaposition in one of the visual shorts
Answers will vary, an example is the heavy contrasting of mood, atmosphere and color symbolism in "Take Me as I am, However I am"