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Plot Elements
Oh, the Irony!
All About Symbols
Plot Elements 2
Points of View
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TWO PARTER: This is also known as the introduction of the story. It includes the Who, What, When, Where, and sometimes Why, in the story. This is located in the exposition, and has to do with the time and place that the story happens in. In some stories, this element plays a huge role. In others, it just serves as a starting point for characters.
What is Exposition? What is Setting?
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This type of irony occurs when we, as readers, know something that a character, or characters, in a story do not know.
What is Dramatic/Situational Irony?
100
This symbol is something that we would usually connect with what it represents. An example would be the symbol of the stars and stripes flag representing America.
What is a Conventional Symbol?
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This is the end of the story, where everything finally wraps up.
What is Resolution?
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This type of Point of View happens when the main character of the story is telling it themselves, using personal pronouns such as “I,” or “me.”
What is 1st Person Major Point of View?
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This is the highest point in the story. This has the highest interest for the reader because they want to know what happens next.
What is Climax?
200
This type of irony happens within the text of the story. An example of this is when one character says something they don't really mean, or is sarcastic.
What is Rhetorical/Verbal Irony?
200
This symbol is something that stems directly from the thoughts and meanings of the author.
What is an Author Created Symbol?
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This is a general term for something in a story that represents something else.
What is a Symbol?
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This type of Point of View happens when a character who is not the main character is telling the story themselves, using personal pronouns such as “I,” or “me.”
What is 1st Person Minor Point of View?
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There are two main types of this element. The types are internal and external.
What is Conflict?
300
This type of irony is found in the story “The Scarlet Ibis,” and in “The Gift of the Magi.” It lies within the full names of the characters Doodle and Jim whose names make them sound stronger and more distinguished than they actually are.
What is Rhetorical/Verbal Irony?
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This type of symbol represents symbols we see that happen organically in our environment. Examples of this symbol are light, which represents good, and dark, which represents something bad.
What is a Natural Symbol?
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This is the general term for how the story is told, and how we see it.
What is Point of View?
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This type of Point of View happens when we have a narrator that is not in the first person and seems to know everything that is going on with characters and their feelings.
What is 3rd Person Omniscient Point of View?
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This happens between the climax and the conclusion. Things start to wrap up in this phase.
What is Falling Action?
400
This type of irony occurs when fate steps in and causes something ironic to happen; none of the characters are responsible for this type of irony.
What is Cosmic Irony?
400
TWO PARTER: The lamb leg was this type of symbol. It symbolized Mary's _______________ towards her husband for the heartbreaking conversation they had.
What is an Author Created Symbol? What is Revenge?
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This is a general term for something happening that we don't expect to happen
What is Irony?
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This type of Point of View happens when we have a narrator that is not in the first person and seems to have a narrow scope of view as far as what is happening in the story. Most of the time, this narrator only focuses on the major character in the story and their feelings.
What is 3rd Person Limited Point of View?
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This happens once the first conflict happens in the story. It is between the exposition and the climax.
What is Rising Action?
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This type of irony exists in The Sniper when he discovers that he has killed his own brother.
What is Cosmic Irony?
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TWO PARTER: This is the type of symbol that The Sniper's gun is. The Snipers gun symbolized _____________.
What is a Conventional Symbol? What is war/death?
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This element is defined as the main meaning of the story, or the authors intended overall message in a story.
What is Theme?
500
We see this point of view in “The Lady or the Tiger,” because the narrator lets us decide for ourselves what happens, instead of sharing the details they may know.
What is 3rd Person Limited?