Test 1 (elements of suspense, setting, short stories) Flashcards
Elements of suspense
- foreshadowing
- irony
- unusual setting
- unusual characters
- unusual situation
- cliffhanger ending
- withheld information
- dilemma
Social Setting
how people dress, speak, etc.
Economic Setting
how people earn money, how is the economy as a whole?
Political Setting
how society is controlled, organized.
Historical Setting
when it happens, what are the historical events that are taking place?
Moral Setting
what do the characters see as right and wrong?
Religious Setting
what is the dominant spiritual/religious belief?
Physical Setting
season, weather, landscape, geography
The Sniper
- during the Irish civil war
- the sniper is in the rooftop and lit a cigaret, he was shot at by the other sniper but not hit. Sniper saw a woman and a man talking in a car, and he killed them. The enemy sniper shot his arm. Both start shooting at each other until the sniper shoots the enemy. Sniper finds out it was his brother.
setting: Dublin, Ireland
mood: dark, serious
characters: 2 snipers, informant and man
plot: sniper vs. sniper
conflict: the sniper has succeeding in killing his enemy, now he is dealing with an internal conflict
The Most Dangerous Game
- island near RIo
- hunter gets loured to island. he meets other hunter that hunts people. chooses not to hunt with him so will get hunted instead. wins at the end and kills the other hunter.
setting: Ship-Trap Island
mood: dark, violent
characters: Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff
plot: hunter vs. prey
conflict: must choose between hunt innocent people or be hunted instead. then choose between being killed or killing Zaroff.
Did Animals Sense A Tsunami Was Coming?
-nat geo article
animals have a 6th sense
supports idea with witnesses
Plot
exposition—- rising action—–climax—–falling action——resolution
Conflict
external
(man vs. man)
(man vs. nature)
internal
(man vs self)
flashback
going back to the past
foreshadowing
events that hint to what will happen next
