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Elements. Theme. Character -ization. Irony & Symbolism. Setting & Mood. 10 pt. 10 pt. 10 pt. 10 pt. 10 pt. 20 pt. 20 pt. 20 pt. 20 pt. 20 pt. 30 pt. 30 pt. 30 pt. 30 pt. 30 pt. 40 pt. 40 pt. 40 pt. 40 pt. 40 pt. 50 pt. 50 pt. 50 pt. 50 pt. 50 pt.

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  1. Elements Theme Character -ization Irony & Symbolism Setting & Mood 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 30 pt 30 pt 30 pt 30pt 30 pt 40 pt 40 pt 40 pt 40 pt 40 pt 50 pt 50 pt 50 pt 50 pt 50pt

  2. The high point of a story, like when Fortunato falls silent in “The Cask of Amontillado” and Montressor realizes Fortunato is dead.

  3. What is the climax?

  4. The moment that begins the climax of a story, like in “The Scarlet Ibis” when the narrator decides to teach his brother to walk.

  5. What is inciting incident?

  6. When a narrator who is not involved with the story tells the story through one character’s perspective, like in “The Sniper.”

  7. What is third-person limited point of view?

  8. This type of conflict occurs within a character, such as when Myop realizes the significance of her racial heritage in “The Flowers.”

  9. What is person vs. self?

  10. When a story contains realistic qualities like dialect, historical facts, or rich details that mimic real life.

  11. What is verisimilitude?

  12. Sometimes a person will go to extremes to satisfy their boredom.

  13. What is The Most Dangerous Game?

  14. Sometimes in wartime it is difficult to know who the enemy is because the issues are complex.

  15. What is The Sniper?

  16. Sometimes when a person acts out of pride he will come to regret his actions because he realizes they were done for the wrong reasons.

  17. What is The Scarlet Ibis?

  18. Sometimes when a person is confronted by evidence of her heritage she will recognize that the past influences her life.

  19. What is The Flowers?

  20. Sometimes a person who successfully achieves revenge will find it unsatisfying because he recognizes his own wrongdoing.

  21. What is The Cask of Amontillado?

  22. A character with only 1-2 traits like Whitney in “The Most Dangerous Game.”

  23. What is a flat character?

  24. A character who changes during the course of a story, such as Rainsford in “The Most Dangerous Game.”

  25. What is a dynamic character?

  26. A character who appears only briefly in a story, like the Ivan in “The Most Dangerous Game.”

  27. What is a minor character?

  28. When an author uses clues to reveal a character’s personality, such as the details of Montresor’s plan that reveal his cunning nature.

  29. What is indirect characterization?

  30. A minor character who is similar to, but contrasts, a major character (like Ivan, whose brutality contrasts G. Zaroff’s civility.

  31. What is a foil character?

  32. When a situation is the opposite of what we expect.

  33. What is situational irony?

  34. When one item in a story represents itself and something else (usually something abstract).

  35. What is a symbol?

  36. When a character says one thing, but means the opposite.

  37. What is verbal irony?

  38. These clues in the story hint at upcoming events.

  39. What is foreshadowing?

  40. When the reader knows something the characters in the story do not.

  41. What is dramatic irony?

  42. “The air held a keenness that made her nose twitch. The harvesting of the corn and cotton, peanuts and squash, made each day a golden surprise that caused excited little tremors to run up her jaws.”

  43. What is electric, excited or happy?

  44. “The occasional village elders first put out their pipes before passing by [the empty farmhouse], and the children too turned aside some distance off. Their faces were ridden with fear.”

  45. What is tense or nervous?

  46. “Another door opened … and a priest, followed by a band of choristers, and dancing maidens blowing joyous airs on golden horn and treading an epithalamic measure, advanced to where the pair stood … and the wedding was promptly and cheerily solemnized.”

  47. What is exuberant, excited, or joyous?

  48. “It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season that I encountered my friend. He accosted me with excessive warmth, for he had been drinking.”

  49. What is chaotic or frenetic?

  50. “The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolia petals, and ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox. … The last graveyard flowers were blooming … speaking softly the names of our dead.”

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