Pink Sheet 📓

Question 1

Type of narrator

Answer 1

1. first person
   third person limited
   third person omniscient

Question 2

Proximity

Answer 2

how close is the narrator to the action? Where in space does the text begin -i.e. with a scene of a town or inside a character’s thoughts

Question 3

Bias

Answer 3

s the narrator subjective or objective? (Is the narrator’s attitude about the character or situation obvious from the descriptions? Is the narrator’s attitude hidden so that the reader may form her opinion?)

Question 4

Diff btwn Subjective

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opinions
A first person narrator, by definition, is almost always subjective or biased because the reader only gains a one-sided view of reality.

Question 5

diff btwn objective

Answer 5

no opinion just facts

Question 6

Structure

Answer 6

order of the story as it is told

Question 7

chronological-

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goes in order of events, time, sequence

Question 8

retrospective

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looks back at events in the past from the present

Question 9

splintered

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moves between two or more narrators or between past and present
Other questions to consider with point of view- does the narrator include the reader (i.e. uses “you” for the reader or says “oh, reader”? Does the narrator have a personality? Does the narrator ask questions to include the reader in the dialogue or provoke a reaction? How manipulative is the narrator? Does the narrator really know what is going on?

Question 10

Characterization

Answer 10

how the narrator/speaker describes the characters

Question 11

indirect characterization

Answer 11

when clue in the text tell about the characters

Question 12

direct characterization

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blunt comments about the characters

Question 13

foils

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two characters who contrast each other and because of their contrast, their differences are highlighted and thereby more is revealed about the main character- usually the same gender and age

Question 14

dopplegangers

Answer 14

iterary twins: doppelganger can have several variations in meaning, it comes from the German for “double goer”; it is literally a double of someone else; oftentimes it can either be ghostly, an apparition, or an evil twin.

Question 15

tone

Answer 15

the attitude of WHOEVER IS SPEAKING TOWARD what he/she is discussing. It shifts frequently in a passage/poem/text. In a piece of nonfiction, the tone reflects the author’s attitude because he/she is the narrator. All literary elements contribute to tone. Remember- when describing tone, you need to use an adjective to describe it.

ex. bitter, rude, gleeful

Question 16

voice

Answer 16

how the speaker in a poem or the narrator of a short story or novel sounds OR (in a nonfiction piece) how the writer sounds. All literary elements contribute to voice; it usually does not shift in text.

ex. soft, southern, intelligent

Question 17

mood

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how the text makes the reader feel (i.e. scared, relaxed, happy)

Question 18

imagery

Answer 18

uses FIVE senses

Question 19

detail

Answer 19

adds description

Question 20

symbol

Answer 20

object takes on a meaning separate from its original meaning; cannot be abstract

Question 21

motif-

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anything in a text that repeats; may become a symbol; may be abstract or concrete

Question 22

Paradox

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a statement that seems to contradict itself and yet be true

Example: Catherine felt alone in the crowded room. 
Example: Nobody goes to that restaurant because it is too crowded.

Question 23

oxy

Answer 23

igure of speech that contradicts itself

Example: bittersweet, jumbo shrimp, “unsinkable Titanic”

Question 24

juxtaposition

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placing two elements side by side
Example- The two boys laughing while they ride their skateboards juxtaposes the girl crying on the porch across the street.

Question 25

allegory

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all of the little symbols, “add up to” a big symbol; usually has multiple meanings

Question 26

archetype-

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a symbol repeated across time and culture

Question 27

allusion

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a reference to something outside the text (i.e. mythological, Biblical, contemporary, literary, etc)

Question 28

syntax

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sentence structure (i.e. rhetorical questions, dialogue)

Question 29

diction

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word choice

Question 30

connotation

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he “shades” of meaning in a text; not necessarily the dictionary definition; emotional response to a word

Question 31

denotation

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he dictionary definition of a word
Example: home and house have the same denotation, but have a different connotation

Question 32

assonance

Answer 32

repetition of a vowel sound without rhyme
Try reading the poem/sentence aloud to hear this device
“Such a sunny summer day” from “Firework” by Katy Perry

Question 33

consonance

Answer 33

repetition of a consonant sound without rhyme
“That Cat went out at eight”

Question 34

hyperbole-

Answer 34

exaggeration for effect