What is this called? What is it used for?

1. What is this called?What is it used for?

2. H20 • What does this represent? • The H? • The O? • When two elements are put together they equal a compound and create a chemical equation.

3. Elements in a Short Story Fk Nt De Se Mp Ox T Pu Sh Eh Cc Ig M Dy Cn Cs As Op Id A Co Ce Di Ry Sm C Tm Cf Pc Ao Sc 1p 3O Al Hy M3 P 3L Sy

4. Plot Fk Se T • Se – Setting: time and place of a literary work • Fk– Flashback: action that interrupts the plot to show an event that occurred at an earlier time. • Sh – Foreshadowing: clue that suggest events that have yet to occur • M – Mood: feeling created in the READER by the passage. • T – Tone: WRITER’S attitude toward his or her subject. • Tm – Theme: a lesson about life or people M Sh Tm

5. Characterization Cc Cn Cs A Co Ce P C Cf 1p 3O Dy Sc 3L • A – Antagonist: character opposing the protagonist • P – Protagonist: central character that tries to accomplish or overcome an adversity. • Dy – Dynamic Character: a character that changes in actions or beliefs. • Sc – Static Character: a character that does not grow or change • C – Characterization: character’s physical appearance, speech, thoughts, actions, feelings, other character’s feelings toward that character, or direct comments by the author. • 1p – 1st Person: narrator participates in the action of the story. • 3l – 3rd Person Limited: a narrator whose knowledge is limited to one character • 3o – 3rd Person Omniscient: a narrator who knows everything about all the characters • Co – Conflict: struggle between two opposing forces • Ce – Character vs. Self: character having a problem or struggle within himself • Cc – Character vs. Character: character has a problem with another character. • Cn – Character vs. Nature: character has a problem with a force of nature • Cs – Character vs. Society: character has a problem with a tradition or rule of society. • Cf – Character vs. Fate: character has a problem with something he can’t do anything about.

6. Mp Ox Pu Literary Devices Eh Ig As Op Id Di Ry Sm Pc Ao Al Hy M3 Sy • Al – Alliteration: the repetition of consonant sounds • Hy – Hyperbole: extravagant, outrageous exaggeration • M3 – Magic 3: three (or more) details in a series used for emphasis • Sy – Symbol: use of an object, person, place, or action that has its own meaning and stands for something larger. • Di – Diction: word choice • Ry – Irony: contrast between appearance and reality. • Pc – Personification: nonhuman subjects human characteristics • Ao – Allusion: reference to a literary, mythological, or historical person, place, or thing. • Sm – Simile: comparison of two unlike things using like or as • As – Assonance: the repetition of vowel sounds • Ig – Imagery: words of phrases appealing to the five senses to describe a character/scene. • Op – Onomatopoeia: a word that imitates the sound it represents. • Eh – Epiphany: a sudden realization: an “a-ha” moment. • Id – Idiom: a phrase or expression having a meaning different from literal. • Mp – Metaphor: comparison of two unlike things without using like or as. • Ox – Oxymoron: a pair of opposite terms put into a single expression. • Pu – Pun: a play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have different meanings.

7. Definition Nt De • Nt – Connotation: feelings a word causes (positive, negative, or neutral) • De – Denotation: dictionary definition or a word.