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Polivka Exam Review
Comparison Essay Stuff, Short Story Elements, Plot Elements, and Romeo and Juliet
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English
9th Grade
01/15/2008

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Exposition
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Happens at the beginning of a short story.  Explains the background information needed to understand the story, introduces the characters, and tells where the setting is.
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Rising Action
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Begins to develope the conflict.  Explains everything leading up to the conflict.
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Climax
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This is the turning point of the story.  Height of the conflict. 

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Falling Action
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All loose ends of the plot are tied up.  The conflict(s) and climax is taken care of.
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Resolution
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The result.  The story comes to a reasonable ending.
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False Climax
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Moment when you think the story is going to end.  Time that you think is the climax but it is not.  Activity level falls after but rebuilds.
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Purpose of an INTRO

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To introduce the topic.  It acts as a road map so that the reader has an idea where the discussion is headed.

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Puropse of the CONCLUTION PARAGRAPH
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Tell why your information is important.  Restates/summarizes what was said so that the reader draws the same conclution as you did.
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Purpose of the BODY PARAGRAPHS
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Breaks down the information into smaller, more digestable chunks.  Build to support the essay's overall thesis and conclution.

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What does the HOOK do?

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Attracts the readers attention
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What does the THESIS do?
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Introduces the essay's MAIN POINT.
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What does the ESSAY MAP do?

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It should map out the main points in – or stops along the way to --developing your final conclusions about the topic.  It should also map out the basic logic that is going to tie these points together.
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What is the DIFFERENCE between point-by-point and block?
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Point-by-point looks at the same exact points.  Block looks at the same topics but different points.  Block gives more of an emphasis if there is a better and a worse thing that you are describing.

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In a comparisson essay, which subject should you start with?

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The MORE FAMILIAR one.
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What is a "SO WHAT?" thesis?
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A thesis that does not pertain to the reader in any way.  The reader will think "SO WHAT???"
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What is CHARACTERIZATION?
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The way the author reveals the character through what is said about the character, what other characters say about the character, what the character says, or how the character acts or reacts to situations.
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What is setting?

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Where and WHEN the scene takes place.
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Theme
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The main point of the story.  The MORAL.
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What is irony?

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What you do not think will happen.
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In Romeo and Juliet, what event started Day1?
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The fight scene
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In Romeo and Juliet, what event ENDED Day1?
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The Balcony Scene
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In Romeo and Juliet, what event STARTED Day 2?
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Romeo at Friar Lawrence's cell
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In Romeo and Juliet, what event ENDED Day 2?
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Friar Lawrences plan for Romeo and sending him to "comfort" Juliet
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In Romeo and Juliet, what event STARTED Day 3?
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Romeo leaving for Mantua
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In Romeo and Juliet, what event ENDED day 3?
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Juliet taking the potion early.
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In Romeo and Juliet, what event STARTED Day 4?
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The Capulet's Finding Juliet Dead

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In Romeo and Juliet, what event ENDED Day 4?
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Undetermined
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What event STARTED Day 5?
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Friar John telling Friar Lawrence that he could not deliver the letter to Romeo.
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What event ENDED Day 5?
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The Capulets and the Montegues presenting their dead children to the prince and offering their friendship to each other.
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