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Analyzing Fiction

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Needs and Desires: Understand the inner struggles of characters. What are their needs and desires in the beginning, middle, and end? What is Jonas like at the start of the novel, and how or why does he change? What does he want? Conflict: Identify the central conflict. List the protagonist?s friends and enemies. Are there conflicts between characters, between Jonas and his society, or between Jonas and his own self? Motifs: Pay attention to visual cues. Search for symbols or motifs that represent something else. What does the red apple signify in Jonas? colorless world? What does the music that Jonas hears at the end suggest? Subtext: Examine dialogue and action between characters. Does Jonas say or do things he doesn?t want to say or do?

Literary Terms

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Mrs. Warren English I Fiction Literary Terms Fiction: Any writing from the author?s imagination. Narrative fiction: any writing from the author?s imagination that tells a story. It may be a short story, a novella, a novellette, a novel. Character: a person or animal in a story or work of literature. Characterization: the process by which a writer makes that character seem real to the reader. Protagonist: the main character of a story who is left changed by the conflict. A protagonist DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A HERO. The protagonist may not be a likable character, but he or she MUST be left changed by the conflict in the story Antagonist: the character, force, or collection of forces which oppose the protagonist and give rise to the conflict of the story

short story terms

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Short Story Terminology Worksheet Sequence of Events: (Page 2 and 3 of the Lit book) Plot- sequence of events in the story Exposition- introduces characters settings and conflicts Rising Action- develops conflict with complications and leads to conflicts Climax- story reaches emotional high point Falling Action- logical result of the climax Resolution- presents final outcome Time and Place: Setting- time and place in which a story happens. Not only includes physical surroundings but also include ideas, costumes, values, beliefs of the period in which the story takes place. Imagery- helps create emotional response in a reader.

ANTHEM practice questions

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Questions for Anthem Chapter One 1. From what point of view is this story told and how do you know? 2. Why does the narrator use plural pronouns to refer to himself? 3. What type of conflict is described in this chapter? man vs. ______________ 4. What evidence is provided that reveals the society in which the narrator lives is a repressive society? 5. What is the narrator?s name? 6. What are two ways by which the narrator is different than most people? 7. Where do children live until they reach the age of five? 8. What happens to children when they reach the age of fifteen? 9. What career does the narrator wish to be assigned? 10. What are some things taught in school that are incorrect? 11. What occupation is the narrator assigned?

Point of View Notes

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Tomilya Simmons 10/5/11 Period 1 Point of View Notes p238 Point of view Point of view: who tells the story Determines how the story is told ?Who tells the story?? ?How much is this person allowed to know?? and ?To what extent does the narrator look inside the characters and report their thoughts and feelings?? 4 basic points of view: Omniscient, 3rd person limited (major or minor character), 1st person (major or minor character), and objective Omniscient point of view In third person by a narrator whose knowledge and prerogatives are unlimited Free to peer inside the minds and hearts of characters Can interpret behavior and comment on the significance of their stories They know all (can tell us as much or as little as they please) Most flexible p.o.v. and permits the widest scope