English Quiz Grade 9

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Points of View (POV)

Perspective from which a story is told

First Person Point of View:

From the authors point of view

Uses pronouns I, me and we

Main character always tells the story

Refers to themselves as I instead of by their name

Third Person Point of View:

The narrator is not a character in the story

Uses pronouns he, she, they and them

Three Types of Third Person Point of View:

Omniscient = all knowing

Narrator is all knowing knowing what each and every character thinks and feels

Limited

Narrator knows some thoughts and feeling of only one character

Objective

Narrator tells a story and does not reveal any characters thoughts or feelings

Third Person Omniscient

Narrator tells the story and reveals more than one characters thoughts and feelings

Third Person Limited

Narrator tells the story and only reveals one characters thoughts and feelings

Third Person Objective

Narrator does not reveal any characters thoughts and feelings

Characters can reveal feeling through actions or words

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Types of Conflict

Person vs Person

Main character clashes with another person

Doesn't always have to be humans, could be animals

Example: Percy Jackson and Jason Grace fight against each other

Person vs Self

Main character battles himself or herself

May lack confidence or ability

May have to make a difficult decision

May have to address a personal problem

Battle occurs within the character but it may involve other characters

Example: Dick finds out Damian didn't tell Bruce about an important event that happened during patrol. Dick is stuck between telling Bruce or letting the matter be

Person vs Society

Main character challenges a law, tradition or institution

Main character/s may battle the forces that represent these institutions

Example: In some Dark!Percy, Percy goes against the Olympians and fights against them

Person vs Nature

The main character fights to endure of overcome forces of nature

May struggle to survive harsh elements, navigate through a disaster or meet his or her basic needs

Usually occur in the wilderness but can occur in urban settings

Example: Nico and Cadie are on a camping trip when suddenly a thunderstorm approaches.

Person vs Supernatural

The main character resists forces that are not of this world

May battle monsters or strange creatures

May challenge being with magical powers

May encounter hostile aliens

Forces that are not of this world threaten the main character

Example: Bianca in on a quest and numerous skeletons attack and try to kill her

Person vs Technology

Main character resists technological forces

May battle aggressive robots or hostile computers

May just struggle to accept the or use the technology of a changing world

Example: Steve Rogers was frozen in ice for 70 years. When he came out he had to learn all types of new technology thats not really new but it wasn't a thing in his time

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Five Elements of a Story

Setting

Sets the scene (where, when)

Future

Past

Castle

Forest

Camp

Night

Ocean

Plot

Series of events that could be crazy actions

What happens in the story

4 men in a boat in the sea

Characters

The people in a story who carryout actions (not always human)

Harry Potter

Percy Jackson

Pokemon

Dragons

Conflict

Something gone wrong

Problem in the plot that creates drama

Good vs Evil

Heros vs Villans

Theme

Main idea or central topic of a story

Resurrection

Sacrifice

Isoation

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Plot Diagram

Exposition

Characters are introduced

Learn about the setting

Introduced to the main conflict

Inciting Incident

Protagonist is first kick started into action

Rising Action

Develop(s) conflict(s)

Building of interest/suspense

Start of conflicts in the story

Climax

Turning point of the story

Usually main character comes face to face with a conflict

Main character will change in some way

Falling Action

All lose ends of the plot are tied up

Conflict(s) and climax are taken care of

Resolution

Story comes to a reasonable ending

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4 Types of Characters

Dynamic Character

Character than experiences an important inner change

Character evolves over the course of the story

Something happens to cause the character to change his/her behaviour and way of thinking

Character's change may be sudden but it is expected based on the events in the story

Static Character

Character does not change significantly

Character is not effected by the events of the story

Character retains the same personality traits throughout the whole story

Round Character

Well developed life like character with realistic emotions and conflicting feelings and multiple traits

Know a lot about this character

Multi-dimensional character

Possesses both good and bad traits

Flat Character

One-dimensional character

Does not display any emotional depth in a story

Built around a single idea or quality

Not much is known about this character

Character does not change over the course of the story

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3 Types of Irony

Situational Irony

When the opposite of what you expect to happen ACTUALLY happens

Examples

A police officer is arrested for committing a crime

A pilot who is afraid of heights

An escalator at a gym . . . really??

Verbal Irony

Speakers says the OPPOSITE of what he/she really means

Examples

SARCASM

"The boys locker room has an amazing aroma"

"Yay, another homework assignment"

"Chores? Thanks mom! Just what I ALWAYS wanted"

Dramatic Irony

Occurs in books, plays and films when the audience knows something the character does NOT

Example

The audience can see that there is a shark about to attack the swimmer, but the poor swimmer has no idea