Elements of Long Narrative / The Novel

When we think of PLOT, the best simple definition of it would be?

• the meaning of the narrative once you finish the story.

• what the main character does from beginning to end.

• the sequence of events and what happens within those events.

• how time develops in a story

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The ELEMENTS of plot are?

• exposition -> rising action -> climax -> falling action -> resolution

• setting-> conflict -> resolution -> meaning

• character v nature or character v themselves

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The best definitions for a character's internal and external conflict is?

• internal is a character battling something outside of themselves, while external is a character battling something within themselves.

• internal is what makes characters do things, while external is what makes characters think about life.

• internal and external are different versions of conflict, it's just which one appears more within a story that matters.

• internal conflict are psychological or emotional barriers a character faces, while external conflict is conflict the characters faces outside their body, such as another person.

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An author can best develop characters by?

• giving us vivid details of how they look.

• the way they tell us about the world the character inhabits.

• the way they create details about the setting, explain the characters feelings, and how they construct the dialogue?

• who or what they choose to be the antagonist

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The best definition of Protagonist v Antagonist is?

• Good guy v Bad guy

• The Protagonist is the main character. The Antagonist is the sidekick.

• In a quality story, the Protagonist and Antagonist are neither all bad or all good, but the elements of plot that create conflict.

• A protagonist can actually be an anti-hero, but they are what keeps us grounded in the story. Even when the protagonist is an anti-hero, the antagonist is developed to create a barrier for the protagonists' desires or needs.

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The best simple definition for THEME would be?

• the meaning the reader understands to be developed within a story.

• what happens in a story.

• whatever we think as readers.

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A short story or novel can have multiple themes developed?

• true

• false

• McCurry is an A.I.

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Which is the strongest statement about The Poet X's theme?

• The Poet X was about a girl named Xiomara

• Acevedo created a story about a girl named Xiomara coming of age.

• The Poet explores how we go through life when we are teenagers and that can be really hard and how we can find love and express ourselves.

• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo is a novel that explores how identity is formed in some our most difficult moments.

• Elizabeth Acevedo's The Poet X is a novel that explores how identity is formed in some our most difficult moments, and the ways we can overcome those barriers through art.

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The best way to describe the difference between Literary Fiction and Speculative fiction is?

• Literary = fake

  Speculative = real

• Literary reads like the world we exist in, and can also be historical.

  Speculative reads like a world beyond, or that has more elements than our own: better technology, wizards, or space travel.

• Literary is considered art

  Speculative is considered nerdy

• McCurry's face is an example of the universe, therefore he's chaos

A dystopian story is a narrative where people and the environment are in despair and need saving; while a utopian story is a narrative where people and the environment have been made better than anything we have experienced in our lived world.

• False

• True