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The most intense moment of the plot

Climax

P.O.V.This story teller is altogether outside of the story’s action.

He/she is a godlike observer who knows everything that is going on in the story and can tell us

what every character does, says, thinks, and feels

Third Person Omnicient

DAILY DOUBLE!

What is the difference between foreshadowing

and flashbacks?

Foreshadowing looks to the future

Flashbacks look to the past

This term identifies the main character in a story

Protagonist

Writers use this to evoke an overall feeling in a literary work

Mood

This is the attitude a writer takes toward a character, subject or

reader

Tone

This is an example of what type of characterization?

“Denise is a team player who is always focused.”

Direct characterization

This is a complex, three-dementional character

Round character

This is an example of what type of theme:

Love Will Always Conquer Evil

Universal Theme

In a(n) ____________, characters, places, and things

stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities

Allegory

These two types of irony are found in “Lamb to the Slaughter”

Dramatic and Situational Irony

This is the reader’s uncertainty about what will happen in the

story

Suspense

This is an example of what type of conflict?

A man feels guilty because he has committed a crime

Internal Conflict

In “____________________,” Tom Benecke’s major conflict is

to retrieve an important paper without being killed

Story title

“Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket”

In “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Mary Maloney goes to the grocery story because she needs this:

An Alabi

This is used when a writer interrupts the story to show a past

event

Flashback

The opposing force or character that blocks the main character

antagonist

This is a person, place, or thing that represents both itself and

something beyond itself

Symbol

The following pictures are examples of what?

Public Symbols

In this type of allegory, animal characters that symbolize vices

and virtues act out a story in order to teach an important

lesson in life.

Fable

This part of the plot contains background information

Exposition

Daily Double

Identify the type of Irony used in the following passage from “Lamb to the

Slaughter:”

At That point, Mary Maloney simply walked up behind him and without any pause, she swung the big frozen leg of

lamb high in the air and brought it down on him as hard as she could on

the back of his head.

Situational Irony

This is a brief story set in the ordinary world and told to teach

an important lesson in life

Parable

This part of the plot ties up loose ends

Denouement (resolution)

This type of conflict happens between a character an outside

opposing force/ character(s)

External Conflict