Personal Identity-Unit 1

Question 1

What are the two main characters of a story?

Answer 1

P rotagonist -the most important character
A ntagonist -the character working against the protagonist

Question 2

What are the types, and how are they developed?

Answer 2

Round Characters:
personally is developed, usually undergoes some change

Flat Characters:
one-sided with an undeveloped personally, stereotypes

A pearence
A ctions &
P ersonality T raits
T houghts & W ords
*Through what OTHER CHARACTERS say

Question 3

Setting-
T-
P-
C-

Answer 3

TIME, PLACE, CIRCUMSTANCE

Question 4

Point of View-
- The story is told by an onlooker or a narrator
- Pronouns like “he”, “she” or “they” are used
- The narrator only knows the thoughts, feelings, and conversations of only ONE character

Answer 4

Third Person, Limited

Question 5

What is First Person Perspective?

Answer 5

• The story that is told from the protagonist’s point of view
• All events and conversations are filtered through this person
• Pronouns like “I”, “we”, ”me” and “mine” are used

Question 6

third person, omniscient pov

Answer 6

• The story is told by an onlooker or a narrator
• Pronoun like “he”, “she”, or “they” are used. The narrator knows everything about all of the characters and events
• The narrator can from character to character showing each of their thoughts, feelings, and conversations

Question 7

What is internal conflict?

Answer 7

Conflict with the protagonist

Question 8

What is external conflict

Answer 8

Conflict between the protagonist and outside forces

Question 9

What are the SIX types of conflict that we learned?

Answer 9

Person VS Self
Person VS Nature
Person VS Supernatural
Person VS Person
Person VS Society
Person VS Technology

Question 10

What are the 5 main elements of the basic narrative structure?

Answer 10

Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution or Denouement

Question 11

Falling Action (hints)

Answer 11

• The story begins to wind down
• The conflict is resolved
• plot twists are explained

Question 12

What element of the basic narrative structure is this:
*Hints
- Establishes the characters
- Establishes the setting
- Establishes the atmosphere/mood

Answer 12

Introduction

Question 13

What element is this of the basic narrative structure:
*Hints
- the height of the action of the story
- The most suspenseful moment
- Where the conflict is most visible
- Can contain major plot twists

Answer 13

Climax

Question 14

Resolution or denouement

Answer 14

• The conclusion of the story
• Loose ends are tied up
• Hints are given about the character’s futures

Question 15

What can we identify the topic(s) of a text to identify the theme?

Answer 15

• Topic is a one word SUBJECT about the text
• Theme is the CENTRAL MESSAGE or LESSON about the text, and what the author wants the reader to know or to UNDERSTAND

Question 16

Come up a theme for the work based on one of the topics in the Topic vs Theme page. Share it with someone and teach about it.

Question 17

Define Irony

Answer 17

Irony is when the opposite of what you expect to happen does

Question 18

What is VERBAL irony?

Answer 18

A speaker or writer SAYS ONE THING but actually means the opposite. When the objective of verbal irony is to MOCK someone, it becomes sarcasm. To find the verbal irony, ask yourself, what is really being said? If what the person actually says is not exactly what the person really means, you likely have verbal irony.

Question 19

What is SITUATIONAL irony?

Answer 19

The outcome of a situation is INCONSISTENT with what we expect would logically or normally occur. It is the REVERSE of what we expect will be or will happen. Sometimes it makes you laugh because it’s funny how things turn out. To find the situational irony, ask yourself what were you expecting would happen or what did you expect it to be? If the situation is something different than what we expect, then it is likely situational irony

Question 20

What is DRAMATIC irony?

Answer 20

The AUDIENCE or the reader is aware or something that a CHARACTER does not know. To identify dramatic irony, ask yourself, what did you already know happened or was going to happen?