Literary Text Analysis Flashcard

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Three major story elements:

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characters, settings, and plot.

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Purpose of exposition in a story?

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To introduce the setting and characters

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Climax of a story

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The most intense and exciting part of the story

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Foreshadowing in a story:

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When the author breaks the storyline to give a glimpse of the future.

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Falling action in a story?

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Events that follow the climax.

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In Cinderella, why are her stepmother and stepsisters mean to her?

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Because Cinderella's father dies early on in the story.

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Importance of Cinderella's kind heart?

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Worthy of the fairy godmother's help.

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Cinderella loses her shoe due to:

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The stipulation that she has to leave the ball by midnight.

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Importance of Cinderella losing her shoe?

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Allows the prince to find her.

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Purpose of analyzing text interactions in a story?

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To understand how different story elements work together to create the plot.