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Elphic short story
Mr. Elphics short story test
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English
8th Grade
11/05/2012

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the protaganist
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the main character
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Antagonist
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the character who opposes the main character
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plot
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the events that happen in the story is called the
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static character
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A character that does not change through the story
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Dynamic character
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A character that undergoes a change in the story
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Round character
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What is a complex character called?
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Actions, Language, thoughts, body language, physical description, How others relate to character
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what are the 6 details of characterization
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Physical, mental, emotional, moral
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the 4 kinds of conflict (not including man v.s. man
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conflict
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what is a clash of ideas
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symbol
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A person, place, thing or object that comes to represent an idea or concept is
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frequency, detail, position
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What do you look for when looking for a symbol in the story
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I thought he's crazy to try and eat 12 pieces of pizza. He's going to get sick
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Give an example of first person point of view
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Stock character
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A character that is a stereo type
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Breezy, Eerie, chilly. the story was called, a chilly, Breezy, Eerie day
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Choose 3 abstract nouns, Combine them to write a sentence. Place quotations around title
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Do themes examine human motivation
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true
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It creates the mood in the story
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what is so important about the use of setting
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clock time, calendar time, seasonal time, historical time
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name the four temporal settings
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manufactured, natural
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what are the two types of physical settings
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third person omniscient, third person limited, third person objective
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what are the 3 third person point of views
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dilema
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when a character must choose between must choose between 2 negative consequences
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it's a cliche
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the problem with this theme statement two wrongs don't make a right
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object, action, people
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name 3 things that can have symbolic meaning
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apples thrown at tucker by anvil, apples, anvil
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Give examples of action, object and name symbolism from any stories we read
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consistent, motivated, plausible
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to have convincing characterization you must have 3 things.
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flat character
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when a character has only 1 or 2 traits
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