Question

QUESTION 1

ENG 190W                                        QUIZ #1 (revised)

Part I (5 points)

Concisely define FIVE of the following literary terms in your own words.  Provide one example of each term from any work of literature we have read so far.

1.Denouement

    Definition –denouement is the final outcome of the story, generally occurring after the climax of the plot

    Example:

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2. Dynamic Character

     Definition –a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude

    Example:

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3. Flashback

    Definition –a literary device wherein the author depicts the occurrence of specific events to the reader, which have taken place before the present time the narration is following, or events that have happened before the events that are currently unfolding in the story

    Example:

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4. Innocent (Naïve) Narrator

    Definition –A naive narrator is a narrator who is unreliable becuase they are inexperienced orinnocent, and do not understand the implications of their story

    Example:

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5. Omniscient Narrator

    Definition –a literary technique of writing a narrative in third person, in which the narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of every character in the story

    Example:

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6. Symbolism

      Definition-A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning. The actions of a character, word, action, or event that have a deeper meaning in the context of the whole story

      Example:     

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7. Irony

     Definition- a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated.

     Example:

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Part II      (5 points)

  A.     Briefly explain how the title of a story can contribute to its plot, or characters, or theme.

           Refer to two stories read so far with text-based examples. 2.5  

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B.      Style is sometimes an elusive element in literature; yet style is often the defining aspect of a story. All authors use common literary techniques to achieve their effect, but they all seem to use them in unique ways. Discuss briefly how either , Kate Chopin in “Story of an Hour” or Ernest Hemingway in “Hills Like White Elephants” put her/his stamp or style on the story. 2.5

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Part III   (Do A and B)

A.   Match the following literary terms/technique to the story quotes they embody or exemplify:

          (5 points)

Epiphany                  c.Internal or psychological conflict     e. Characterization

Theme                      d. Foreshadowing                 

(If you feel you could match 2 terms to a quote, do so, but briefly justify your response either right on the page or in the area for comments..

_____   “And Dee. I see her standing off under the sweet gum tree…as she watched the last dingy gray board of the house fall in toward the red-hot brick chimney. Why don’t you do a dance around the ashes? I’d wanted to ask her”… “This house is in a pasture too, like the other one. No doubt when Dee sees it she will want to tear it down”     ( Walker’s “Everyday Use” )

______ ”When he came home, though, Henry was very different, and I’ll say this: the change was no good…he was quiet, so quiet, and never comfortable sitting still anywhere but always up and moving around”.   ( Erdrich’s “ The Red Convertible” )

______ ”Once…a nun from my school came by…’You live there?’ ‘There’…The way she said it made me feel like nothing…I knew then I had to have a house. A real house”.     ( “House on Mango Street”

______ “ It seemed gloomy in the little cove in which she found herself. The air was damp, the silence close and deep”.   (Walker’s “The Flowers”)

______ ” In New York…the natives were unfriendly, the country inhospitable, so I took root in the language… When I was done, I read over my words, and my eyes filled. I finally sounded like myself in English.” (Alvarez, “Daughter of Invention”)

B  III Match the following literary techniques with the story quotes:

a.         Allusion                                            c. Dramatic Irony              e. Situational Irony                

b.      Setting as place                                d. Symbolism

1.______ ‘“They look like white elephants, she said.” (“Hills Like White Elephants)

2.______”That Sunday evening, I was reading some poetry to get myself inspired: Whitman in an old book with an engraved cover…” (Alvarez “Daughter of Invention”)

3. _____ “ It was Brently Mallard who entered…But Richards was too late. When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease-of a joy that kills”.    (Chopin, “The Story of an Hour”)

4. _____ “The hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and while. On this side there was no shade, and no tree and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun”. (Hemingway “Hills Like White Elephants”)

5._______ “Can I have these old quilts”? (Dee)

Answer 1

1. For example, the denouement of Romeo and Juliet comes just after the Romeo and Juliet take their own lives. When the families find their dead bodies, they realise they have been indirectly responsible for it, leaving members of both sides to feel guilty.

2. For example, throughout Hamlet, Hamlet is worried about life and death, and it is this apprehension that makes him a dynamic character. Nevertheless, when he visits the graveyard, he experiences a philosophical change in his perspective about death which lets him finally take revenge on King Claudius.

3. For example, when Wuthering Heights begins, Cathy is already dead. Much of the action in the story is a flashback from that point.

4. For example, Alex from A Clockwork Orange is a reprehensible character sharing his unreliable narrative with the reader.

Please post the other questions separately as we are supposed to answer just one question or four sub parts of a question.