LIT 2N

The falling action is everything that happens in a plot immediately following the

CLIMAX

One of the easiest ways to identify the tone of a story is by focusing on key words that describe how the writer feels about the characters in the story.

True

An example of climax is when I told you about the girl who liked to read hoodies, her mom, and her sick grandmother.

False

The tone is the sound of the story and the mood is how upset the people in the story are.

False

It pertains to the structure of a story.

PLOT

Narratives are written to entertain and to inform.

True

Narratives can be found in just about every form of the written word.

True

Narratives are collections of connected events and can be found in poetry, novels, TV shows, and songs.

True

The last important part of the plot. *

RESOLUTION

An ancient Greek playwright wrote Hamlet and King Lear.

False

(Instructions: Read the following passage and identify the title of the story.) "Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!

Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire, secret and self- contained and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old, features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice."

A Christmas Carol

The antagonist is the bad guy in a story. *

True

It is the environment or surroundings in which an event or story takes place.

SETTING

settings in a narrative relates to how the people in the story feel and how many people there are in the story and how they are connected.

False

The written word predates the oldest narratives we have.

False

Who wrote the Tell-Tale Heart? *

EDGAR ALLAN POE

According to the presenter, The lliad was written over 1,000 years ago.

True

Who wrote Moby Dick? *

HERMAN MELVILLE

The video mentions a moment from an action scene in Homer's The Iliad which involves Achilles and Hector.

• True

The root of the word "narrative" comes from * the -rench

NARRATIF

Narratives were passed down from generation to generation as part of what we call oral tradition, because they were spoken rather than written.

True

Narratives are collections of connected events and can be found in just about every form of the written word.

True

The types of characters in a story are limited only by the imagination of the writer.

True

"Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies with uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife.

Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles There were four walls a floor and a was no garret at all, and no cellar-- except a small hole dug in the ground, called a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds arose, mighty enough to crush any building in its path. It was reached by a trap door in the middle of the floor from which a ladder led down into the small, dark hole."

The Wizard of Oz

The video mentions a moment from an action scene in Homer's The Iliad which involves Achilles and Hector.

True

The background information of a story. *

EXPOSITION

The mood of a story relates to the attitude of the narrator, the person telling the story, towards the subject or characters in the story.

False

A narrative can be a poem, novel, or song. *

True

The build up of events that lead to the most * important moment in the story.

RISING ACTION

The moment when the rising action reaches * its peak.

CLIMAX

An ancient Greek poet named _ is credited with writing the first two of the Western world's most influential narratives

HOMER

One of the easiest ways to identify the tone * of a story is by knowing who the author is and some of their previous stories.

False

Marvel comics are all examples of _

NARRATIVE

A young girl who had a thing for red hoodies is asked by her mother to bring some food to her grandma who lives way out in the boonies and hasn't been feeling too well lately. The girl grabs a picnic basket her mom had packed, dumps everything in it into her backpack- because who carries a picnic basket anymore- and heads out to her gram's house. On the way, she runs into this creepy, super hairy guy with a lot of but now she's all hairy, has a big snout, and a whole lot of sharp, snarling teeth. In fact, it's not her gram at all. It's that weird guy from earlier. And he's not even a guy. He's a creepy wolf. Thankfully, a super hunky woodsman showed up just then and throttled the wolf for being so creepy. And everyone lived happily ever after.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

Since plot covers so much territory, an easier way to understand it is to break it down into its necessary parts.

True

POV

In third person point of view, the narrator is * relating the experiences and feelings of someone else.

True

If the person telling the story about a big race is one of the competitors, the story will certainly be told differently than if the person is describing the big race is someone who watched it in the stands.

True

If a narrator is not in the story and knows everything there is to know about just one character, including that one character's thoughts and emotions, the narrator is using the third person objective point of view.

False

First person point of view cannot be identified by the language of the character telling the story.

False

From what point of view is the following passage told? "Babe, the big blue ox, constituted Paul Bunyan's assets and liabilities. History disagrees as to when, where, and how Paul first acquired this bovine locomotive, but his subsequent record is reliably established. Babe could pull anything that had two ends to it. Babe was 7 ax handles wide between the eyes, according to some authorities. Others equally dependable say 42 ax handles and a plug of tobacco. Like other historical contradictions, this comes from using different standards. 7 of Paul's ax handles were equal to a little more than 42 of the ordinary kind."

THIRD PERSON OBJECTIVE

In. _, the narrator cannot in any way see * or hear the thoughts of the characters in the story

THIRD PERSON OBJECTIVE POINT OF VIEW

From what story was this passage taken from?"We had forced our way scarcely 50 yards through the long rank grass, which was here partly withered by the sun and much tangled, when we were much alarmed on hearing behind us a rustling, and on looking 'round, we saw the grass waving to and fro, as if some animal were passing through it. Fritz instantly turned and brought his gun to his shoulder, ready to fire the moment the beast should appear."

SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON

When a character in the story is speaking to * themselves or when a character is giving directions, second person works well.

True

What is the title of the novel from which the * following passage is taken? "Stars are beautiful, but they may not take an active part in anything. They must just look on forever. It is a punishment put on them for something they did so long ago that no star now knows what it was, so the older ones have become glassy-eyed and seldom speak. Winking is the star language.

PETER PAN

In the _ the narrator of the story knows everything there is to know about all of the characters in the story, including all of their experiences and feelings.

Omniscient Third Person

In the omniscient point of view, the narrator * has limited knowledge of the character's thoughts and emotions.

False

"We," "us," "ours," and "ourselves" are words * used in a story told from the point of view of multiple people, and thus the story is second person.

False

Who wrote the story from which the following passage is taken? But the little ones still wonder. They are not really friendly to Peter, who had a mischievous way of stealing up behind them and trying to blow them out. But they are so fond of fun that they were on his side tonight, and anxious to get the grownups out of the way.

So as soon as the door of 27 closed on Mr. and Mrs. Darling, there was a commotion in the firmament and the smallest of all the stars in the Milky Way screamed out, 'now, Peter!''

JAMES M. BARRIE

Some stories have alternating or multiple points of view.

True

From which point of view is the following passage told? "We had forced our way scarcely 50 yards through the long rank grass, which was here partly withered by the sun and much tangled, when we were much alarmed on hearing behind us a rustling, and on looking round, we saw the grass waving to and fro, as if some animal were passing through it. Fritz instantly turned and brought his gun to his shoulder, ready to fire the moment the beast should appear."

First Person Plural

Who wrote The Marvelous Exploits of Paul * Bunyan?

W. B. LAUGHEAD

Identify the point of view used in the following passage. "Always obey your parents, when they are present. This is the best policy in the long run, because if you don't, they will make you. Most parents think they know better than you do and you can generally make more by humoring that superstition than you can by acting on your own better judgment."

Second Person

A narrator that knows none of the thoughts * and feelings of any character in a story and instead relays information that can be seen or heard is using the objective point of view.

True
.

When we speak about point of view, we are * revealing how close the person is to the action of the story.

True

One more way we see second person point of view make its way into literature is when a character speaks to him or herself.

True

Identify the point of view in the following passage. "I cannot believe what Hannah said to Lily at the gym this morning. Right? I mean, I just about flipped out, and I'm usually way chill. Seriously! The whole time I was watching them I was thinking of my little brother Evan and his goofy friends all like, 'Dude! Total burn, because seriously, that was a total burn."

FIRST PERSON SINGULAR

"I," "me," "mine," and "myself" are all words commonly used by a plural narrator using first person point of view.

False

Who said the following line? "ask not what * your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

JOHN F. KENNEDY

The most common type of third person objective point of view we see in our daily lives comes from the news.

True

Although second person point of view is never appropriate for academic essays, there are occasional times when it has some value.

True

From what point of view is the following passage told? He sniffed it curiously, then licked some up on his tongue. It bit like fire, and the next instant was gone. This puzzled him. He tried it again, with the same result.

The onlookers laughed uproariously and he felt ashamed. He knew not why, for it was his first snow."

THIRD PERSON LIMITED OMNISCIENT

From what story was this passage taken from? "My hours of leisure I spent in reading the best authors, ancient and modern, being always provided with a good number of books; and when I was ashore, in observing the manners and dispositions of the people, as well as learning their language; wherein I had a great facility, by the strength of my memory."

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

It would be appropriate or effective to use second person point of view in romantic and adventure stories.
False

In third person point of view the story the narrator tells is not that of his or her own.

True

Point of view can appear in stories in only * one way.
False

The most commonly used point of view in literature is the second person point of view.

False

Which point of view is used in the following * passage?"My hours of leisure I spent in reading the best authors, ancient and modern, being always provided with a good number of books; and when I was ashore, in observing the manners and dispositions of the people, as well as learning their language; wherein I had a great facility, by the strength of my memory."

First Person Singular

In first person point of view, the story is told * through the feelings and experiences of someone to whom the story had been shared.

False

It is appropriate to use second person point * of view as the primary point of view in academic essays.

False

A story by Jack London that takes place mainly in the Yukon Territory, the land between Alaska and Canada. It is about a dog, a huge Saint Bernard, Scotch Shepherd mix named Buck, who is kidnapped from his home in California and taken to Alaska, where he then tries to return to the wild and join a wolf pack.

THE CALL OF THE WILD

True

Who is the famous detective speaking in this passage? "I could not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought that such a man as Professor Moriarty were walking the streets of London unchallenged."

SHERLOCK HOLMES

From which point of view is this passage told? "When it is clear weather, you don't need to pitch your tent if you are only stopping for the night." Drive four stakes at the head of your made-up bed and drape your mosquito bar over that, then you can sleep like a log and laugh at the nosquitoes."

Second Person

In first person point of view, the story is told * through the feelings and experiences of a participant in the story.

True

What is the title of the speech by Mark Twain from which this passage is taken?

"Always obey your parents, when they are present. This is the best policy in the long run, because if you don't, they will make you. Most parents think they know better than you do and you can generally make more by humoring that superstition than you can by acting on your own better judgment."

ADVICE TO YOUTH

In _ the narrator can know all the thoughts, experiences, and emotions of only one character in the story.

THIRD PERSON LIMITED OMNISCIENT POINT OF V

From which point of view is this passage told? But the little ones still wonder. They are not really friendly to Peter, who had a mischievous way of stealing up behind them and trying to blow them out. But they are so fond of fun that they were on his side tonight, and anxious to get the grownups out of the way. So as soon as the door of 27 closed on Mr. and Mrs. Darling, there was a commotion in the firmament and the smallest of all the stars in the Milky Way screamed out, 'now, Peter!"

Omniscient Third Person

Omniscient third person point of view is often referred to as the _perspective.

ALL-KNOWING

Second person point of view can be found in video games, self-help books, and directions.

True

From which point of view is the following passage told? "I could not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought that such a man as Professor Moriarty were walking the streets of London unchallenged."

First Person Singular

QUOTES

1. A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.

- George Borrow

2. Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be read once. - Cyril Connolly

3. There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. - Thomas De Quincey

4.Nothing factual that I write or say will be as truthful as my fiction. - Nadine Gordimer

5. Literature is my Utopia. - Helen Keller

6. In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. - André Maurois

7. All true literature rises from this childish, hopeful certainty that all people resemble each other. - Orhan Pamuk

8. Literature is news that stays news. - Ezra Pound

9. Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way. - Salman Rushdie

10: The illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal. - Françoise Sagan

11. Remarks are not literature. - Gertrude Stein

12. Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music—the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls, and interesting people. Forget yourself. - Henry Miller

13. He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it." - Joseph Heller

14. I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature. - John Steinbeck

15. It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression." - Alfred North Whitehead

16. Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become."

-C.S. Lewis

17. Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it but molds it to its purpose. The nineteenth century, as we know it, is largely an invention of Balzac.

- Oscar Wilde

18. Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. - G.K. Chesterton

19. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others. - Virginia
Woolf

20. Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination and of the heart. - Salman Rushdie

21. The crown of literature is poetry. -William Somerset Maugham

22. The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

23. The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean. - Robert Louis Stevenson

24. The duty of literature is to note what counts and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference. - Anatole France

25. What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote. - E.M. Forster

26. When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. - Samuel Lover