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Freytag’s Freytag’s PyramidPyramid

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A&P and A A&P and A Retrieved Retrieved

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Freytag’s Freytag’s pyramid is used pyramid is used to diagram this.to diagram this.

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What is the What is the plot structure plot structure

of a story?of a story?

Freytag’s pyramid is Freytag’s pyramid is based on a basic based on a basic

design created by this design created by this Greek philosopher Greek philosopher around 350 BCE.around 350 BCE.

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Who is Aristotle?Who is Aristotle?

This is Freytag’s name This is Freytag’s name for the beginning of for the beginning of

the pyramid – the part the pyramid – the part of the story when we of the story when we meet the characters.meet the characters.

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What is the What is the exposition?exposition?

This is Freytag’s This is Freytag’s name for height of name for height of the action of the the action of the

story.story.

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What is the What is the climax?climax?

This is Freytag’s name This is Freytag’s name for the end of the for the end of the story, when all the story, when all the loose ends get tied loose ends get tied

up.up.

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What is the What is the resolution?resolution?

1 - 100Many feature films are criticized for their Many feature films are criticized for their _____________ content, even though _____________ content, even though television news is more often the television news is more often the

medium that depicts violent events in medium that depicts violent events in excessive detail.excessive detail.A.A. discretionarydiscretionary

B.B. graphicgraphicC.C. dramaticdramaticD.D. artisticartisticE.E. honesthonest

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(b) graphic (b) graphic

Pam Cruise and Jim Pam Cruise and Jim Braswell, (A)Braswell, (A)neitherneither of of

(B)(B)whomwhom takes the bus to takes the bus to work, (C)work, (C)isis secretly plotting secretly plotting (D)(D)to take overto take over the world. the world.

(E)(E)No errorNo error..

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(c) is(c) is

Although Jane’s professors reproached Although Jane’s professors reproached her as a ______________ during her first her as a ______________ during her first year in college, she became attentive year in college, she became attentive

and _____________ once she found a and _____________ once she found a major that interested her.major that interested her.A.A. neophyte…assiduousneophyte…assiduousB.B. sycophant…criticalsycophant…critical

C.C. loafer…focusedloafer…focusedD.D. beginner…averagebeginner…averageE.E. shirker…distractedshirker…distracted

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(C) loafer…focused(C) loafer…focused

Everyone (A)Everyone (A)on the softballon the softball team (B)team (B)who came upwho came up to bat to bat squinted (C)squinted (C)at the pitcherat the pitcher in in

order to keep the sun’s order to keep the sun’s glaring rays out of (D)glaring rays out of (D)their their

eyeseyes. (E). (E)No errorNo error..

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(d) their eyes(d) their eyes

The statistics released by the state department The statistics released by the state department makes the economic situation look bleaker than it makes the economic situation look bleaker than it

really isreally is..A.A.makes the economic situation look bleaker than it makes the economic situation look bleaker than it

really isreally isB.B.makes the economic situations look bleaker than makes the economic situations look bleaker than

they really arethey really areC.C.make the economic situations look bleaker than it make the economic situations look bleaker than it

really isreally isD.D.make the economic situation look bleaker than it make the economic situation look bleaker than it

really isreally isE.E.make the economic situation look more bleak than make the economic situation look more bleak than

it really isit really is

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(d)(d) make the make the economic economic

situation look situation look bleaker than it bleaker than it

really isreally is

1 - 100““Girl” employs this Girl” employs this type of narration, type of narration,

which ignores formal which ignores formal structure in favor of a structure in favor of a

free flow of ideas.free flow of ideas.

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What is stream-of-What is stream-of-consciousness?consciousness?

““Girl” is this type of Girl” is this type of story, which can be story, which can be

read on two levels: the read on two levels: the literal and the literal and the

symbolic.symbolic.

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What is an What is an allegory?allegory?

In “Girl,” the In “Girl,” the relationship between relationship between the mother and the the mother and the daughter could be daughter could be

seen as representing seen as representing this.this.

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What is the What is the relationship between relationship between

an empire and a an empire and a colony (England and colony (England and

Antigua)?Antigua)?

As “Everyday Use” As “Everyday Use” features a character that features a character that returns home after some returns home after some

time away, it could be time away, it could be considered this type of considered this type of

narrative.narrative.

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What is a What is a prodigal child prodigal child

story?story?

In “Everyday Use,” In “Everyday Use,” Wangero and Hakim-a-Wangero and Hakim-a-

barber represent a barber represent a popular movement that popular movement that had African-Americans had African-Americans embracing this religion.embracing this religion.

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What is Islam or What is Islam or the Muslim the Muslim religion?religion?

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In “A Retrieved In “A Retrieved Reformation,” Jimmy Reformation,” Jimmy

Valentine is likened to Valentine is likened to this mytical bird.this mytical bird.

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What is a What is a phoenix?phoenix?

““A Retrieved A Retrieved Reformation” features Reformation” features

this type of “twist” this type of “twist” ending.ending.

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What is an ironic What is an ironic ending?ending?

This is a type of effect in This is a type of effect in which the greater the which the greater the expectation placed on expectation placed on someone, the greater someone, the greater

they perform.they perform.

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What is the What is the Pygmalion Effect?Pygmalion Effect?

As the narrator has a As the narrator has a realization that adult life realization that adult life

will be much more will be much more difficult, “A & P” is an difficult, “A & P” is an

example of this type of example of this type of narrative.narrative.

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What is a coming-What is a coming-of-age narrative?of-age narrative?

““A & P” is an example of A & P” is an example of a work from this literary a work from this literary

time period, as it realistic time period, as it realistic character-driven piece character-driven piece written in the 1900s.written in the 1900s.

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What is the What is the Modernist period Modernist period (or Modernism)? (or Modernism)?

1 - 100This was Hemingway’s This was Hemingway’s name for his theory that name for his theory that

he only needed to include he only needed to include 10% in the story, and the 10% in the story, and the readers could figure out readers could figure out

the other 90%.the other 90%.

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What is the What is the iceberg theory?iceberg theory?

Langston Hughes, Langston Hughes, author of “Theme for author of “Theme for English B,” was part English B,” was part

of this literary of this literary movement.movement.

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What is the What is the Harlem Harlem

Renaissance?Renaissance?

Judging by the fact that he Judging by the fact that he lives at the Y, we can lives at the Y, we can probably make the probably make the

inference that Langston inference that Langston Hughes is this.Hughes is this.

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What is poor?What is poor?

““Theme for English B” is Theme for English B” is written in this style of written in this style of poetry, which largely poetry, which largely

ignores rhyme scheme and ignores rhyme scheme and meter.meter.

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What is free What is free verse?verse?

When Langston When Langston Hughes uses the Hughes uses the

phrase “Bessie, bop, phrase “Bessie, bop, or Bach,” he is or Bach,” he is employing this employing this literary device.literary device.

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What is What is alliteration?alliteration?

1 - 100News of famine in various News of famine in various parts of the world has parts of the world has

given added (nostalgia, given added (nostalgia, impetus, duplicity) to the impetus, duplicity) to the

drive to increase food drive to increase food production.production.

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What is impetus?What is impetus?

Because I was not even born Because I was not even born when the Beatles were at when the Beatles were at

the height of their the height of their popularity, their albums do popularity, their albums do not fill me with (duplicity, not fill me with (duplicity,

nostalgia, impetus).nostalgia, impetus).

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What is What is nostalgia?nostalgia?

Though it may appear Though it may appear rather ordinary to the rather ordinary to the

casual reader, Lincoln’s casual reader, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is to Gettysburg Address is to

me the (impetus, nostalgia, me the (impetus, nostalgia, quintessence) of quintessence) of

eloquence.eloquence.

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What is What is quintessence?quintessence?

After shouting at each After shouting at each other rather angrily, the other rather angrily, the

participants in the participants in the roundtable discussion roundtable discussion

calmed down and parted calmed down and parted (feasibly, belligerently, (feasibly, belligerently,

amicably).amicably).

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What is What is amicably?amicably?

Do you think you are Do you think you are being fair in passing being fair in passing

judgment on my poem judgment on my poem after such a after such a

(benevolent, cursory, (benevolent, cursory, amicable) reading?amicable) reading?

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What is cursory?What is cursory?

Ernest Hemingway’s Ernest Hemingway’s style of writing style of writing

represented a departure represented a departure from the style of writing from the style of writing

of this time period.of this time period.

What is the What is the Victorian Age?Victorian Age?