ENL1WE Short Stories Test Review

What is a myth.

A myth is a traditional, typical ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors or hereos.

What purpose does a myth surve?

The myths teach important lessons to the people on how they should behave, or how the world was created.

Chirstian Gods are:

God is a monotheistic diety of western religion. God encompasses all.

What is the meaning of "Monotheistic"

Relating to or characterized of the belief that there is only one God.

What is the meaning of "Omnipresent"

Being present everywhere at the same time

What is the meaning of "Omnipotent"

(of a God) Having unlimited power; able to do anything.

What is the meaning of "Omniscient"

Knowing everything

Mythological Deities are:

not omnipotent, omniscient nor omnpresent. They were seen like people - flawed, ambitious and emotional, however they had more power and knowledge than us.

What is the definition of a myth.

Traditional stories that explain how the world works, life, death, nature, or human behaviour, often involving gods, supernatural or hereos.

What are the features of a myth.

Religious or supernatural content, life lessons, explain mysteries of the world.

Examples of a myth are:

Pandora's Box, The Fates, Hades

What is the defination of a legend.

Stories of human beings, often based on real people or events, but exaggerated over time.

What do legends focus more on?

More on courage, morality, or adventure.

What are the features or a legend?

No religious or supernatural dieties. Meant to entertain or inspire, not to explain the unknown.

Examples of a legend are:

King Arthur, Atlantis

What is a definiton of a Fable?

A favble is a simple, short story that teaches a lesson about life or human nature, often using characters and events that feel universal or symbolic.

What are the features of a fable?

Simple at a moral at the end. Characters are often animals or inanimate objects with human traits.

Examples of a fable are:

The Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy who Cried Wolf

What are the six plot points in Freytag's Pyramid?

1) Initual situation
2) Inciting incident
3) Rising action
4) Climax
5) Falling action
6) Resolution

Initial Situation:

Establishes mood, tone and setting

Inciting Incident:

A decision which alters the situation

Rising Action:

A series of complications forcing the situation to intensify.

Climax

The highest emotional point in the plot. After this crisis, the emotion falls.

Falling Action

Events that unravel the conflict and lead to resolution

Resolution

The resolution is the solving or solution to the problem

What are the two elements of setting:

Setting is the element of time AND place in fiction

Elements of Setting Include:

* Geographical location
* Time period, season, or time of day
* Sociatal elements: Occupations and daily manner of life including religion and/or moral conditions

What should you consider with settings

How it contributes to mood, tone and theme.
Is it a symbol of conflict, suspense or contribute to a tone (e.g. sombre or happy tone)

What is the conflict in a story:

Every plot must develop a conflict. Conflict is a problem that the main character (protaganist) must overcome. There can be more than one conflict.

How many types of conflict are there:

5

What types of conflict are there:

Person vs Self
Person vs Person
Person vs Sociaty
Person vs Nature/Environment
Person vs Supernatural

What are the 4 types of characters:

1) Round Characters
2) Flat Characters
3) Dynamic Characters
4) Static Characters

What does round character mean:

They are more complex character. They are described in more detail and sometimes have conflicting personality traits.

What does flat character mean:

These characters are steorotypes, shallow and often stereotyped. They have only one or two personality traits.

What does dynamic character mean:

These characters often undergo through some development in the story, often because of something that happened to them.

What does static character mean:

These characters do not go through a change over the course of the story.

How are characters developed:

Commentary
Action
Dialogue
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Character development will reveal:

Personality traits and apperance.
More importantly, personality traits.

Character is not:

Physical nor situational. Both can influence character but themselves are not character. Character is personality.

What is POV

POV is known as the narrative prespective. The narrative prespective is the lens, or eye (and the extension, mind behind the eye) through which the world is presented.

There are two main types of narration:

1st person and 3rd person

What is first person:

First person where the main character speaks as I

First person can be broken down to two subcatagories:

1) First-Person as protaganist:
Where the protaganist expriences all conflicts first-hand. The story centers around the protaganist as they tell it.

2) First-Person as perticipent:
Where a secondary character tells the story about the protaganist.

What is thrid person narration:

Third person narration is where the narrator is an anonymous storyteller. Can be broken down to two sub-charatagories.

Third person can be broken down into 2 subcatagories:

1) Third-Person Omniscient: The narrator knows all things and moves about in time and space. The narrator also knows thoughts and feelings of all characters.

2) Third-Person Limited Omnisicnet: The narrater limits the revelotion of thoughts to those of one character presenting the other characters only externally.

How do you create a theme statement:

What is the lesson/moral of the story. Include one or two examples from your story to support you answer.

What does theme mean:

The theme is the central idea or underlaying message a work explores, such as common on human nature or sociaty.