Author's Toolbox
This is when an author hints at something important that will happen later on in the story
An abandoned mansion is an example of this author's tool
What is setting?
In "The Lottery", this was the surprise at the end of the story
What is they killed Tessie with rocks?
Mr. Stafford went to college here
What is Cedarville University?
These are the 2 main parts of a setting
What are time and place?
The kids gathering stones at the beginning of "The Lottery" relates to this author's tool
What is foreshadowing?
In "The Most Dangerous Game" this was the main setting of the story
What is Ship Trap Island?
Mr. Stafford has this many siblings
What is 2?
What are situational and dramatic?
What is the exposition?
Name a moment of foreshadowing in "The Nightmare at 30,000 Feet"
What are the conversation with his wife early on, meeting the pilot who would crash the plane, and the the podcast's predictions of flight 1015's fate?
This is Mr. Stafford's Most underrated state in the US (it is so beautiful)
What is Michigan?
Define chronology
What is the order of events in a story?
A fire station catching on fire is an example of what? Be specific!
What is situational irony?
This is the moment the pacing changes in "The Sniper"
What is when he gets shot at after lighting a cigarette?
Name one of Mr. Stafford's favorite things to do outside of school
What is running, reading, writing, hanging out with friends, going to church, or basketball?
Name 3 techniques to tell a non-linear story
What are flashforwards, flashbacks, time skips, and parallel plots?
This point of view is when an outside force is telling everybody's story
What is 3rd person omniscient?
This is an example of situational irony in the short film "Fuelled"
What is she became like the killer she was hunting?
Name 3 activities Mr. Stafford did in high school
What are XC, basketball, soccer, NHS, FCA, Key Club, or Choir?