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| The series of events in a story; it generally builds around the conflict(s), and it tells what happens, when, and to whom. |
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| The four stages of a plot are_______, _______,________, and__________ |
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| The four stages of a plot are exposition rising action, climax, and falling action. |
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| What are the four types of conflicts? |
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1) Character's struggle aganst nature. (man vs. nature) 2) Character's struggle against and antagonist (man vs. man) 3) Character's struggle against society (man vs. society) 4) Character's struggle within the character (man vs. himself) |
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| What is characterization? |
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The creation of an imaginery persons to make them seem life like. I have no clue what the review means by indirect and direct. |
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| The central character in a story. They usually seen as good, upright, respectable, and always attempting to take the proper course of action. But, they don't always have to be good. |
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| Someone who opposes the protagonist: enemy. |
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| Setting is the time and place in which the events in a story occurs. |
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| Describe the different point of views. |
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1st person- point of view from narrator, reveals a lot about the narrator and other characters through 'pasta'. P- percepton of others, A- actions, S- speech, T- thoughts, A- appearance. Third Person omniscient- an outsider telling the story (not a character), all knowing, the reader gets full picture of what is happening. Third person limited- an outsider telling the story (not a character), the reader leans more about some characters than others (usually the main ones.) |
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| The atmospere or feeling created bby words and/or events in a poem or story. |
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| A writer's attitude toward a subject. |
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| comparing two different things without using like or as. |
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A symbol is a person, a place, an activity, or an object that stands for something beyond itself. EX: From To kill a mockingbird, the mockingbird stood for innocence. |
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A simile is comparing two different things using like or as. |
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| A writer's or speaker's choice of words and way of arranging the words in sentences. |
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A conversation, an episode, or an event that happened before the beginning of a story. Usually interrupts the flow of the story. Remember Holes how they kept on going back into the past. |
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| This occurs when (early in the story) the author gives hints of what will come later in the story. |
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| What is a rhetorical question? |
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| A question asked by the author to indure thought and to provide emphass rather than to evoke an answer. |
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| A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an object, animal, or idea. |
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| Describe the author's purpose. |
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| A writer usually writes for one or more of these purposes to express himself or hersilf, to inform or explain, to persuade, and to entertain. |
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| The amin idea in a work of literature. |
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Using descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader. |
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| A brief autobiographical work in which the author recounts events her or she has witnessed and introduces people he or she has known. |
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| A story that is is spoken in the narrator's point of view. |
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| An indirect reference to another literary work or to a famous person, place, or event. |
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| An apparent contradiction, often found in philosophy and theology as ways of stating complicated truths and what really happens. |
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A technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for effect or emphasis. EX: They love, They hate, They change, They go away. |
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A brief descriptive phrase that points out traits associated with a particular person or thing. EX: In the Odyssey, Odysseus is often called the "...master strategist." |
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| What is an epic simile (aka: homeric simile)? |
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| A long, elaborate comparison that often continures for a number of lines. |
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the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies. EX: The quest, the task, initiation, the journey, etc. |
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| What is a tragic flaw/hubris? |
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Tragic flaw/hubris- is a fatal error that may be from poor judgement, pride, weakness, or an excess of an admirable quality. |
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| Describe a myth/mythology. |
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| A traditional story, usually concerning some superhuman being or unlikely event, that was once widely believed to be true. |
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| Describe the Epic Hero Cycle. |
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I think it's the journey that the hero took. EX: The Hero's Journey Cycle paper. |
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