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Literary Elements
Character Assassination
Plot Twists
Shifts in Setting
Arguments
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The place or location and time of a story.
What is setting
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In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," by Washington Irving, this character marries Braum Bones, but in the TV series, "Sleepy Hollow" she is Ichabod Crane's wife.
Who is Katrina Van Tassal?
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In the 1999 adaptation of "The Scarlet Letter" Hester and a female neighbor are accused of being this powerful supernatural being.
What is a witch?
100
THe TV show "Sleepy Hollow" is set in present-day upstate New York, except for the flashbacks, which occur at this time.
What is 1781?
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This sentence starts your paragraph and tells your reader what you will discuss and states your opinion.
What is a topic sentence?
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The sequence of major events or actions in a story.
What is plot
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In "Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" this character dies in front of the whole community after confessing his love for Hester Prynne, but in "The Scarlet Letter" adaptation from 1995, he saves Hester from being hanged and lives happily with her, for a time.
Who is Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale?
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In Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow" Ichabod ends up with Katrina and they move to this city.
What is New York City?
200
"The Scarlet Letter" film keeps the same setting, in this area of colonial America.
What is Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1640s?
200
This part of argumentative writing tells why other people might disagree with your opinion or shares opposite views.
What is the counter argument?
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How the people in a story are described; how they speak, think, feel, act, look.
What is characterization?
300
In Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" this character plays tricks on Ichabod and is his rival for the attention of a wealthy young woman, in the film, he is killed by the Headless Horseman.
Who is Braum Bones?
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In the TV series "Sleepy Hollow" this is the major change in the setting of the film.
What is the change in year?
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In Tim Burton's film, "Sleepy Hollow" from 1995, the setting begins and ends in this eastern city.
What is New York City?
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You use this in the body of your essay or papragraph to support your main idea or opinion.
What is Textual evidence/ examples from the text?
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Words that help a reader see the story or visualize the story.
What is imagery?
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This villain, who controls the Horseman and gets him to kill her enemies in Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow" of 1995 does not even exist as a character in the original story.
Who is the step-mother of Katrina?
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In the TV series, "Sleepy Hollow" this character, a female police officer, is introduced as a sort of partner to Ichabod in fighting against the Headless Horseman.
Who is Abbi?
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This dark, scary, unpopulated area is a constant in the setting of "Sleepy Hollow." We see the horseman or Ichabod in this setting in the original, the cartoon, the film, and the TV series?
What is The forest? The woods? Sleepy Hollow?
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A well- developed paragraph includes this type of sentence at the end, to restate and support your opinion or idea.
What is a conclusion or concluding sentence?
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The main or essential idea from a story; freedom versus restriction, forgiveness versus punishment, are examples.
What is the theme?
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In the book, "The Scarlet Letter" this villainous character is described as short, thin, and deformed, and dies within a year of Dimmesdale's confession, but in the film adaptation, he is tall and has no deformities and hangs himself in his home.
Who is Roger Chillingworth?
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Instead of the happy ending of the 1999 "Scarlet Letter" film, the book ends with this character's death.
Who is Dimmesdale?
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The greatest change in setting in this adaptation is the change from the 1700s to the present day.
What is "Sleepy Hollow"?
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Imagery, setting, theme, characterization, and plot are all examples of this. You use these to support your analysis and arguments.
What are literary elements?