Analyzing Novels & Short Stories | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 16 Public

This is a review of the handout provided to my G10 LangLit Students.

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This is "when" and "where" the story takes place.

Setting

15

This pertains to the author's background and other works.

Context

15

The patterns that story lines usually follow.

Plot

15

The plot hinges on some major problem, often a conflict between characters or an obstacle that must be overcome.

Main Problem (Conflict)

15

The high point of action, when the conflict or problem could either be resolved or cause a character's downfall.

Climax

20

The conflict or problem is solved and normalcy or a new order is restored.

Resolution

15

The driving force behind stories, both major and minoir ones. Authors use them to broadcast their most important messages.

Characters

15

An indirect reference to another artistic work or person, event, or place (real or fictitious).

Allusion

20

A character used to contrast a second, usually more prominent character in order to highlight certain qualities of the more prominent character.

Foil

20

The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the literary work.

Foreshadowing

15

An implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant.

Irony

20

A kind of irony where an author says one thing and means the other.

Verbal irony

20

A kind of irony presented when the audience perceives something that the characters don't know.

Dramatic irony

20

A kind of irony where there is a discrepancy between the expected result and actual result.

Situational irony

20

The use of an object or action to mean something more than its literal meaning.

Symbolism

15

Big ideas that authors comment on throughout a work.

Themes

15