Short Story Unit Final Review Flashcards
define hyperbole
extreme exaggeration or over-emphasis for literary purposes
what are some similarities between the 4 texts?
coming of age/maturing through life, isolation
what POV is the singing seilence
3rd person omniscient
wjat POV is north end faust
3rd person limited
what POV is the late man
3rd person limited
what POV is boys and girls
whats dramatic irony
when the audience knows something that the characters dont
whats situational irony
when something happens that is very different from what is expected to happen
whats verbal irony
when the person says something that is drastically different from the situation or says one thing but means another
what are the three main types of POV
1st person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person omnistic
whats the theme of the singing silecne
an individual gains a lot for themselves when doing things for others
whats the theme of boys and girls
comingof age, loss of innocence and gender inequality
whats the theme of north end faust
the effects of isolation on ones well-being and how it leads to a persons ultimate downfall
whats the theme of the late man
isolation and obsession with human desire and the impacts it has on a person
what is 1st person POV
when the narrator is a character in the story
what is 3rd person omniscient POV
the narrator is not a character in the story but has full access to the thoughts and emotions of the characters
what is 3rd person limited POV
when the narrator is not a character in the story and is observing but only has access to the thoughts and feelings of one character
symbols in north end faust
emergency button (desire for escape), chamber (being closed off from the world and the distress it causes), darkness (the evil and consumption and the unknown)
simples in singing silence
breaking of amphora (vicente breaking free from old life to start new one), the sea (calmness, passion and discovery of true self)
symboles in the late man
the sea (the great unknown)
symbols in boys and girls
