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What does visualize mean?
To create pictures.
What does an author appeal to to create believable settings?
Our senses
What does clarify mean?
To make sure they are understanding (answer the questions) summarize.
What does it mean to evaluate?
To figure out what is important. They form an opinion.
What is oblivious?
(Adjective) Unaware or clueless
What are the five stages of plot?
1) Exposition 2) Rising Action 3) Climax 4) Falling Action 5) Resolution
WOW: What has happened so far in the story? Use words like first, second, and third to keep the events in order.
First, the young and cruel lord commanded that anyone that was 71 would have to be carried into the mountains and die there; second, a poor farmer's mother turned 71; third, the farmer carries his mother up the mountain; fourth, the farmer sneaks his mother back down the mountain; and fifth, the farmer makes a secret room for his mother and keeps her hidden for two years.
WOW: Who is the new character? What is this character trying to do?
The new character introduced is Lord Higa. Lord Higa is trying to conquer the village and make it his own.
What can setting serve as?
The physical background of a story or it can used used to set the atmosphere (mood and tone)
What are the ELEMENTS of fiction?
1) Setting 2) Plot 3) Characters 4) Theme
What is literature?
Writings in prose or verse; especially writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest
What types of PROSE are there in literature?
1) Fiction 2) Non-fiction
What does question mean?
To ask questions.
Identify two main problems in the story. Explain what happens to all of the elderly people.
The two main problems in the story are that all people who turn 71 in the village must be carried up to the mountains to die and Lord Higa's threats. All of the elderly people that turn 71 must be carried up to the mountains to die.
What is paranoia?
(Noun) Mental disorder that causes people to feel unreasonable or excessive distrust and suspicion. Often people have delusions of persecution
What is are examples of external conflict
1) Man vs. Man 2) Man vs. Nature (Beast) 3) Man vs. Society 4) Man vs. Machine
What does it mean to predict?
To make inferences (educated guesses); use context clues.
What types of POETRY are there in literature?
1) Lyric 2) Narrative 3) Epic 4) Dramatic
What can setting include?
1) Geographic location 2) Historical period 3) Season 4) Time of day 5) Customs/Manners of society
What are the TYPES of fiction?
1) Short story 2) Novel
WOW: Think about what you've learned so far. What's the title? Who's the author? Where does this story take place? Can you figure out what is going to cause a problem in this story?
The title is The Wise Old Woman, The Author is Yoshiko Uchida, this story takes place in the western hills of Japan, and I can figure out that the thing that will cause a problem in this story is that the lord is banishing anyone that is over 71 to the mountains to die.
What is rising action?
Story gets complicated because minor conflicts arise
What are the CATEGORIES of fiction?
1) Science fiction 2) Fantasy 3) Realistic 4) Historical 5) Horror 6) Folklore
WOW: What is Lord Higa's second threat? Who figures out a way around this one? How is it done?
Lord Higa's second threat is that the village must find a way to thread a single piece of silk thread through a log with a log with a small hole that curved and bent seven times through its length. The one who figures out a way around this one is the farmer's mother. It is done by: first, put some sugar at one end of the hole; second, tie an ant to a piece of silk thread and put it at the other end; last, he will weave his way out with the silk thread
What is climax?
Moment of peak intensity (emotion, action) "Things blow up"
What is an example of internal conflict?
Man vs. Self
What is internal conflict?
Character struggles with "self" (inside)
What is genre?
A type or category of literature
What is setting established by in prose?
Description
What is falling action?
Story unravels
What are the six habits for successful readers?
Question, visualize, connect, predict, clarify, and evaluate.
What is tremulous?
(Adjective) Trembling, shaky
What is external conflict?
Struggle between two outside forces
What does connect mean?
When you make associations to things they already know. Turn on background knowledge.
What is the "triggering event"?
Main conflict appears
What types of DRAMA are there in literature?
1) Tragedy 2) Comedy 3) History 4) Radio plays
What is Lord Higa's third threat? How is this one avoided? Who keeps getting the credit for resolving these threats?
Lord Higa's third threat is to make him a drum that sounds without being beaten. This threat is avoided by making a drum with sides of paper and putting a bumblebee inside. When the bumblebee tries to escape, it will buzz and beat itself against the paper. The one who keeps getting the credit for resolving these threats is the young farmer.
What is PLOT?
The sequence of events in the story
What is exposition?
Introduces the characters, setting, glimpses the problem.
Literature is ___.
universal
WOW: Who are the characters you've met so far? What problem do they face?
The characters I've met so far are the young lord, the farmer, and the farmer's mother. The problems that they face are: the young lord's problem that he faces is that he thinks the elderly people of his village are useless; the farmer's problem that he faces is that his mother has turned 71 but he does not want to take her up to the mountains to die; the farmer's mother's problem that she faces death on a solitary mountain.
What is sublime?
Grand, majestic, fabulous
What is cavorting?
(Verb) Leaping about in joy or fun
What is the main driving force of plot?
Conflict
What can setting also create?
A feeling of suspense
What is resolution?
Main conflict is resolved and author ties up the loose ends. "They lived happily ever after".
What is SETTING?
It is the time and place in which events of a story take place
WOW: Review what's happened so far. What does the cruel young lord require? What does the young farmer do?
The cruel young lord requires someone to solve Lord Higa's riddle to save his kingdom. The young farmer tells his mother what is happening with the threat of Lord Higa and the impossible riddle, the farmer tells his mother what is happening with the threat of Lord Higa and the impossible riddle, the farmer's mother knew the answer, the village was spared.
What are the types of conflict?
Internal and External
What is setting sometimes responsible for in a story?
The main conflict
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