Unit 1 Test

Unit 1 Test

1. Plot Terms

   • Exposition
     • Background information on character, setting, etc.
   • Conflict
   • Foreshadowing
     • When a story hints at future events or actions
       • Ex. In "The Story of an Hour" they reference her heart condition at the beginning, she dies of a heart attack at the end
   • Rising Action
   • Closed Denouement
     • Story does not leave the reader with any questions
       • Ex. In "The Second Bakery Attack" we know that they don't feel hungry anymore
   • Open Denouement
     • The story leaves the reader with questions and uncertainty
       • Ex. In "A Family Supper" we don't know if the family has been fed the Fugu fish or not
       • Ex. In "The Second Bakery Attack" we don't know if they get caught for the robbery

2. Setting Terms

   • Locale
     • Definition: the specific location or place where the story happens
       • Edward Scissorhands: the Bogs house, the town, the inventor's mansion, the hair salon
       • "A Family Supper:" the house- the backyard with the well, the tea room, the father's office
       • "The Second Bakery Attack:" the house, McDonalds
       • "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings:" chicken coop, the yard, Elisenda & Pelayo's house
       • "Dead Men's Path:" the path, Ndume school, the village, Headmaster's office, the gardens
   • Milieu
     • Definition: the cultural and historical setting
       • "Dead Men's Path:" Nigeria, 1949, during British rule
       • "A Family Supper": Japan (Tokyo), late 20th early 21st century
       • "The Story of an Hour": Louisiana, 19th century
       • Edward Scissorhands: 1950's North America (south? doesn't snow!)
   • Atmosphere
     • Definition: the mood or feeling of the story
       • "A Family Supper"- atmosphere dark, uneasy, quiet, awkward, uncomfortable, eerie, mysterious, suspensful
       • Edward Scissorhands: eerie and mysterious in castle, town is bright, happy and cheerful, suspenseful & uneasy

3. Irony

   • A rhetorical or literary device in which what appears on the surface is different from reality
     • Situational: the difference between what we expect to happen and what actually happens
       • A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings: the old man has wings but doesn't actually behave like an angel at all
       • Edward Scissorhands: Edward looks scary but is actually nice and innocent
       • "Dead Men's Path": Michael Obi wants to improve the school but ends up destroying it. Obi gets rid of the path to impress the inspector, but this leads to the school's destruction and the inspector's "nasty report"
     • Dramatic: when the reader knows information that the characters don't
     • Verbal: When a speaker means the opposite of what they say

4. Juxtaposition

   • When two things that have some similarities are placed together to highlight their differences
     • "Dead Men's Path": school vs. village/path,
     • Edward Scissorhands: Edward vs. Jim, Peg vs. Bill, castle vs. town, crazy neighbour vs. gossipy neighbours

5. Texts & Authors

   • "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
   • "A Family Supper" by Kazuo Ishiguro
   • "Dead Men's Path" by Chinua Achebe
   • "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
   • "The Second Bakery Attack" by Haruki Murakami
   • Edward Scissorhands by Tim Burton

6. Magic Realism

   • When magical elements are woven into fiction that otherwise is realistic.
   • The matter-of-fact combination of fantastic and everyday elements into a story
     • Edward Scissorhands living in a normal suburban town
     • "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"
     • "The Second Bakery Attack"