Plot
The literary word for story.
Narrative
Definition of diction...
Flashback is...
When the story is interrupted to show a character’s past, it reveals information about the character.
Describe Okonkwo.
Arrogant
Abusive
Stubborn
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What is the point of an argumentative essay?
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Summarize "House Taken Over".
Siblings are in denial that something is taking over their house until they're forced to leave.
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Definition of syntax...
How the sentence is created for an effect.
Flashforward is...
When a story continues sometime later.
Then [John] took me in his arms and called me a blessed little goose, and said he would go down cellar...
Patronizing
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Your opinion you're arguing.
Summarize "The Yellow Wallpaper".
A woman becomes obsessed with wallpaper and sees a shadowy figure in the pattern. Her husband ignores and belittles her until she has a psychotic breakdown.
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What mood is created from the diction used?
The color is repellant, almost revolting; a smouldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight. It is a dull yet lurid orange in some places, a sickly sulphur tint in others.
Disgusted
Unclean
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The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot.
In "House Taken Over", describe the brother and sister.
In denial
Helpless
Impulsive
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A hook should not be...
A question to the reader.
Summarize Things Fall Apart.
Okonkwo strives to be a man with titles and glory in his tribe and is successful until he is banished for an accident. During his banishment, his tribe is colonized, and his son converts. Realizing he can't do anything to prevent the changes, he takes his own life, undoing all the accomplishments he worked so hard for.
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What is the effect of this syntax from "The Yellow Wallpaper":
I don't know why I should write this. I don't want to. I don't feel able.
The effect of the short sentences shows how she does things against her will.
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What is the difference between fast and slow pacing?
Fast pacing has active verbs and short sentences.
Slow pacing has longer sentences and more detail.
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Characterize Obeirika, Okonkwo's friend.
Friendly
Understanding
Opposite of Okonkwo
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A counterclaim is...
Why did Chinua Achebe write Things Fall Apart?
Authors were dominantly white, African characters did not portray the people or their history accurately, and the characters were written distastefully.
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What is the effect of the repeated diction "creep" and "creeping" when describing the shadow in the wallpaper?
The repeated diction creates an eerie mood.
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What is en media res?
The story begins in the middle of the action and the reader learns information at the same pace as the characters.
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Describe how the narrator changed from the beginning to the end of "The Yellow Wallpaper".
She was submissive and docile, then frustrated until she became crazy.
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A concession...
Explains the counterclaim.