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Elements of Fiction
Characters
Rhetorical Devices
Courtroom Terminology
Vocabulary
100
The related series of events that make up a story
What is plot.
100
the narrator and protagonist of the story. Round and Dynamic.
What is Scout
100
confident that you gentlemen would go along with them on the assumption—the evil assumption—that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are immoral, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women…‖
What is anaphora?
100
The legal process of deciding a case.
What is adjudication.
100
Not clearly expressed; hard to understand.
What is obscure.
200
the perspective from which the story is told. Uses pronouns like "I" "my" "me" "myself" etc. Third person Limited: Uses third person pronouns (He, she, it, they, ect.). Observes the action or the story as an outsider and reveals the thoughts feelings and emotions of only one character. Third person omniscient: Uses the same pronouns as third person limited but the narrator reveals the thoughts, feelings and opinions of more than one character.
What is point of view: Third person limited/omniscient
200
What is Scout's father. He is a lawyer who defends Tom Robinson. (Round, dynamic, protagonist)
What is Atticus.
200
The defendant is not guilty, but someone in this courtroom is.
What is antithesis or paralipsis
200
when the lawyer of the other side questions a witness.
What is cross examination.
200
A prison for criminals.
What is penitentiary.
300
What is the struggles between opposing forces. Character Vs. Character, character vs. self, character vs. nature, character vs. society.
What is conflict (4 types)
300
the man who accuses Tom Robinson of raping his daughter, Mayella. He is a poor drunk man who lives near the town dump with his seven children. antagonist, static, flat.
What is Bob Ewell.
300
Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase that the Yankees and the distaff side of the Executive Branch are fond of hurling at us.
What is synecdoche or metonymy
300
The crime committed.
What is the offense.
300
strange or unusual qualities
What are peculiarities.
400
An object or character that represents a theme in the book.
What is symbol.
400
The neighbor who constantly gossips and is friends with Aunt Alexandra. Flat, Static, Stock character.
What is Miss Stephanie Crawford
400
We know all men are not created equal in the sense some people would have us believe—some people are smarter than others, some people have more opportunity because they‘re born with it, some men make more money than others, some ladies make better cakes than others—some people are born gifted beyond the normal scope of most men.
What is parallelism
400
Facts that do not relate to the case
What is immaterial evidence.
400
Pleasantly calm or peaceful.
What is placid.
500
the time, place and historical context in which the story takes place.
What is setting.
500
The poor family who have problems with entailments
What is The Cunninghams
500
What did her father do? We don‘t know but there is circumstantial evidence…
What is rhetorical question
500
A document that requires you to go to court or give evidence.
What is a subpoena.
500
Inclination to perform charitable acts.
What is benevolence.