Cnf 2

• Author's Purpose


  His or her reason for creating a work. The purpose may be to explain or inform, entertain, persuade, or reveal an important truth.
• Characters


  A person, an animal, or an imaginary creature that takes the part in the action of the story
• Characterization


  The techniques an author uses to develop the personality of a character in a literary work. An author can give information about a character by describing several aspects of the character: physical appearance and personality, speech, behavior and actions, thoughts and feelings, interactions with other characters
• Character Types


  • Protagonist
  • Antagonist
  • Static Characters
  • Dynamic Characters
  • Flat
  • Round
• Setting


  The time and place in which the action occurs
• Point of View


  The perspective or vantage point from which an author presents a story. 1st person - the story is told by one of the characters in the story. 3rd person - the story is told by the narrator who stands outside of the story and observes the events as they unfold.
• Plot


  • Exposition
  • Rising Action/Complications
  • Climax
  • Falling Action
  • Resolution
• Theme


  The statement about life that the author wants to share with the reader
• Symbolism


  An image/object in a story that is used repeatedly and carries a deeper meaning
• Rhythm


  The music made by the statements of the poem, which includes the syllables in the lines
• Meter


  The basic structural make-up of the poem. The structure of syllables which follow the rhythm.
• Stanza


  A smaller unit or group of lines or a paragraph in a poem
• Rhyme


  When the last words or sounds of the lines match with each other
• Rhyme Scheme


  The pattern of rhyme
• Theme


  What the poem is all about. The central idea that the poet wants to convey.
• Symbolism


  Symbols used in the poem to convey ideas and thoughts
• Imagery


  Devices used by the poet to create an image in the reader's imagination, appealing to the five senses
• Plot


  What happens in the play. The basic storyline.
• Theme


  The meaning of the play. The main idea or lesson to be learned.
• Characters


  The people (sometimes animals or ideas) portrayed by the actors in the play.
• Dialogue


  The words written by the playwright and spoken by the characters in the play.
• Music/Rhythm


  The rhythm of the actors' voices as they speak.
• Spectacle


  The visual elements of a play: sets, costumes, special effects, etc.
• Literary Elements


  • Exposition
  • Initial incident
  • Preliminary event
  • Conflict
  • Climax
  • Suspense
  • Rising action
  • Falling action
  • Denouement
• Technical Elements


  • Scenery (set)
  • Costumes
  • Props
  • Lights
  • Sound
  • Makeup
• Performance Elements


  • Acting
  • Character analysis
  • Empathy
  • Speaking
  • Breath control
  • Vocal expression
  • Inflection
  • Projection
  • Speaking style
  • Diction
  • Gestures
  • Facial expression
• Meaning: What is the work about? What is the theme? What effect or impression does the work have on the reader? What is the argument or summary of the work? What is the writer's intent?
• Form: How has the writer organized the literary work to achieve the effect or express the meaning? How is the work structures or planned? As prose or poetry? As topics or scenes? As long narrative, several short stories, or episodes. Into what genre could the work be placed? What method of organization or pattern of development was used within the structure of the work?
• Voice and Time: Who is telling the story? How is the speaker or narrator characterized or his character revealed? From what perspective is the story told? Is the speaker (the one telling the story) and the author or writer of the work the same person?
• Character and Characterization: Who are the people in the work? How do dialogue (what he or she says) and action (what he or she does) reveal a character's personal traits? Is there a principal character? What is the character's motivation? Is the character's personality revealed directly by the speaker telling the reader or indirectly by the character's own words and deeds?
• Language (Uses and Meanings): Does the selection include any imagery (the use of sensory images to represent someone or something)? What figures of speech does the writer use, and what effect do they have on the meaning of the selection? How does the writer use diction(word choice) to convey meaning?
• Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But Eleanor was much more than just a president's wife, an echo of her husband's career.
• Ugly duckling


  A term used to describe Eleanor Roosevelt's appearance as a child
• Despite the disappointments, bitterness, and misery she experienced

  Eleanor Roosevelt refused to give up and instead turned her unhappiness and pain to strength
• Eleanor was born in a fine townhouse in Manhattan. Her family also owned an elegant mansion along the Hudson River, where they spent weekends and summers.
• As a child Eleanor went to fashionable parties. A servant took care of her and taught her to speak French.
• Eleanor's mother, the beautiful Anna Hall Roosevelt, wore magnificent jewels and fine clothing. Her father, Elliott Roosevelt, had his own hunting lodge and liked to sail and to play tennis and polo.
• The Roosevelt family, one of America's oldest, wealthiest families, was respected and admired.
• Almost from the day of her birth, October 11, 1884, people noticed that she was an unattractive child.
• When Eleanor was born, her parents had wanted a boy. They were scarcely able to hide their disappointment.