DE English 101 Notes&Stories-Test8/30 – Flashcards
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plot
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sequence of events
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Narrator
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the person who is telling the story
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POV
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the perspective from which a story is told or an account given.
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setting
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the physical place or scene in which an action or event occurs
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narrative
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tells what happpened, tells a story
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climax
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an aspect of plot in narrative writing. moment where the action of a narrative is most intense, the culmination, after which the dramatic tension is released.
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cause and effect
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a strategy of exposition, analyze why an event occurred and/or trace its consequences
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dialogue
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direct speech, especially between 2 or more speakers in a narrative, quoted word for word.
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anecdote
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a brief narrative or humorous story, often told for the purpose of exemplifying or explaining a larger point
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narrator
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1st person
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setting
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time and place
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writing a narrative
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subject, then purpose, audience(group of people you're writing to), PLOT
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coming up with subject
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choose something that you're an expert on, choose something you're interested in
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consider your purpose and audience
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what is your message to your reader? How can you best communicate to them?
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Generating ideas
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who,what,when,where,why,how Goal:details,describe the characters
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Style
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good transition words, sophisticated verbs/words, consistent in your point of view, dialogue is great but use quotation marks correctly!!!
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Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution
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Exposition-(background, characters, and setting), Rising Action-(call the conflict/problems), Climax-(biggest problem that has to be solved), Falling Action-(everything settles into place), Resolution/Denouement-(happily ever after...what do the characters do the rest of their lives?)
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Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay Notes
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Annie Dillard-From the Holy Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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plot-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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structure in media res
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narrator-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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Dillard herself, 1st person
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purpose-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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to inspire/warn new writers...writing is a sacrifice=theme
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audience-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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students
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characters-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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narrator, small(cat), insects
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setting-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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puget sound, WA, morning
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details/description-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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spider, small(cat), insects
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rising action-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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trying to find inspiration to write, moths keep flying into the flame and dying
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climax-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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one particular female moth flies into the flame and becomes a torch providing illumination of inspiration to the narrator to enable her to write
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falling action-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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her writer's block is broken, and she uses the epithany to inspire/warn other writers
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resolution-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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she now always leaves candles burning, to welcome inspiration and to be reminded of the sacrifice
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purpose/theme-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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writing is torture, writing is a sacrifice(moth martyr herself to the flame to enable writing)
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similes or something-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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like a hollow saint-martyr themselves, like a flame-faced virgin gone to God-Jone of Ark, like a building fire glimpsed through silhouetted walls
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imagery/allusion-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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body began to "act like a wick" and kept burning(martyrs killing themselves to God)
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similes-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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moth was robbed "like any immolating monk", like a hollow saint, like a flame-faced virgin, "like a jumble of buttresses for cathedral domes
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diction-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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"GIVE" your lives to be writers(finale)
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symbols-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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moth represents the writer, fire represents the sacrifice and illumination(refreshing fire)
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title-Annie Dillard-Holy the Firm/Why I Wrote the Moth Essay
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"Holy the Firm"(writers over a group of martyrs)
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Why I wrote the Moth Essay
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why is Dillard generally ramblus to "writing personally"pg.24, what Descriptive images from the "Holy Firm" stand out in your mind Pg.15?, How does Dillard like to begin her compositions(addresses the senses pg.19), how does Dillard REVISE her writing(pg.12,15)(she's trying to be objective, cold,cool.
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The Ashen Guy Notes
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The Ashen Guy Notes
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purpose-The Ashen Guy
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to communicate the impact of this event, predict the horror yet resilence
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POV-The Ashen Guy
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1st person
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plot structure-The Ashen Guy
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chronological
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narrator-The Ashen Guy
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man on bike
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audience-The Ashen Guy
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americans
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setting-The Ashen Guy
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Broadway street, 9/11
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characters-The Ashen Guy
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narrator, survivors, ashen guy
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details/description-The Ashen Guy
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ashen guy-details snowman, asbestos(poison)- colored ash-signify its deadly,bloodshot eyes, plume of the clouds
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rising action-The Ashen Guy
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walking to safety, 1st tower has fallen, concern, unidentified package
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climax-The Ashen Guy
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2nd tower fell
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falling action-The Ashen Guy
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people froze, screamed, cried
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resolution-The Ashen Guy
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ashen guy "just kept walking"
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symbols-The Ashen Guy
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towers for america, ashen guy=phoenix rising from the action, tears=healing power
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diction-The Ashen Guy
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asbestos=poison, inflamed fire, plume(feathers)
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details-The Ashen Guy
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ashen guy-unnamed, represents every man, all classes represented, attack on every American
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theme-The Ashen Guy
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despite receiving a crippling blow, america will rise again, don't stop to look back, be like ashen guy, keep going we are the pheonix
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"orange crush"-Yiyun Li Notes
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"orange crush"-Yiyun Li Notes
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narrator-"orange crush"
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author
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POV-"orange crush"
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1st person
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structure-"orange crush"
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chronological
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purpose-"orange crush"
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don't get wooed by false advertising
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audience-"orange crush"
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young, youth, naive
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exposition-setting,"orange crush"
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Beijing winter, 1980's
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exposition-characters,"orange crush"
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narrator, parents, neighbor crush, his girlfriend
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exposition-details,"orange crush"
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dried orange peels, bitter pale yellow water drizzling, rusty faucet
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rising action-"orange crush"
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represents having the orange peel water(embarrassment about class),crush on neighbor boy, envies his girlfriend
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climax-"orange crush"
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tastes it and chokes her but she still desires it
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falling action-"orange crush"
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realizes Tang, like men, falsely advertise
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resolution-"orange crush"
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recognizes the wisdom of her father and rejects the once coveted product in flavor of his
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extended metaphor-"orange crush"
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tang is a false advertising naive youth
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diction-"orange crush"
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to describe tang, "seductive", choked, status, chemicals, glamour
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irony-"orange crush"
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tang healthier than oranges? first sip chokes her, but she wanted it anyway
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title-"orange crush"
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"orange crush" about tang=drink, crush on her neighbor she's attracted to, wooing=false advertising, just like tang sometimes things aren't what they seem
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theme-"orange crush"
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the new way is not better than the young, things aren't what they think, expensive is often not worth the money, young=naive, aged=wise, new way isn't better than the old
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"The Sanctuary of School"-Linda Barry Notes
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The Sanctuary of School-Linda Barry Notes
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narrator-"The Sanctuary of School"
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author
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POV-"The Sanctuary of School"
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1st person
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plot structure-"The Sanctuary of School"
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chronological
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audience-"The Sanctuary of School"
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american adults, government
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purpose-"The Sanctuary of School"
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importance of school
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setting-"The Sanctuary of School"
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impoverished and over populated home, Seattle-dark, at night,WA 1960s,
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characters-"The Sanctuary of School"
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narrator, brother, unhappy parents
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details-"The Sanctuary of School"
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children ousted from bed, tv all night, no supervison-pathos
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rising action-"The Sanctuary of School"
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parents struggle with finnancial/relational problems, narrator sneaks out before dawn in panic, parents aren't concerned about her absence
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climax-"The Sanctuary of School"
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sees Mrs. Lesane and falls apart
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falling action-"The Sanctuary of School"
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given opportunity to paint
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resolution-"The Sanctuary of School"
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narrator contemplates the future for neglected kids if school shut down
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metaphor-"The Sanctuary of School"
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children like tvs with no sound, life preserver at school
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repetition-"The Sanctuary of School"
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Mrs. Holman waved/ Mr. Cunningham waved, etc. all teachers waved/warming, school=good, home=bad
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diction-"The Sanctuary of School"
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describe school "secure, warm, stable"
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sarcasm-"The Sanctuary of School"
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tv was the "light of their lives"
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repetition syn-tacks-"The Sanctuary of School"
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I have Mrs. Lesane, I had Mr. Gunningham, .....
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irony-"The Sanctuary of School"
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I had a particular brand of neglect at home that allowed me to slip...
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pathos-"The Sanctuary of School"
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"school programs are cut...unlucky children will have to fund for themselves alone at night"
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rhetorical question-"The Sanctuary of School"
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last page, every morning we say the pledge of allegiance when will the country do that for the kids
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title-"The Sanctuary of School"
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sanctuaries are holy and safe, historically if one was being pursued, he could run to a church and yell "sanctuary" and no one could hurt him
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theme-"The Sanctuary of School"
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america needs to take care of children who aren't taken care of at home. Schools are the perfect place for this, and they need big budgets in order to be effective. Fund the schools, its the government's responsibility
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"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane Notes
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"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane Notes
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narrator-"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane
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author
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POV-"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane
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1st person
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purpose-"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane
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explaining the humiliation of segregation
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audience-"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane
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everyone
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plot structure-"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane
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flashback
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exposition-"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane
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explanation of segregation in 1940s
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setting-"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane
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durham, NC, May 1940s, clean, manicured lawns, prisitne
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characters-"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane
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narrator(others aren't introduced until later
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details-"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane
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white street sweeper, mowing lawns, traffic
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rising action-"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane
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bus fills up, black man in no man's land, white business man entering and sits in black section and another white man enters
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climax-"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane
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stand off with white man/black man and black woman and bus driver ends when driver opens door
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falling action-"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane
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narrator and other characters leave
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resolution-"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane
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narrator and sister ride home on their own bus
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repetition-"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane-
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odd clothing and embarrassment of characters, black man with blue windbreaker/pork pie hat? Represents 2 races? 2 classes? Black woman 2 sexes? 2 decades? *words=repetition and embarrassment*
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theme-"The Back of the Bus"-Mary Mebane
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all the characters moral centers except the unidentified white antagonists, are saying the same thing, blacks weren't inferior and it was wrong to treat them as such. Everyone embarrassed by the laws. Segregation wasn't good, natural, or right, everyone knew it was wrong but felt abide by them.
