1

Please list the basic plots, storylines, or narratives in each of your chosen readings. How do the authors use plot development, flashbacks, or other structural elements to enhance the storytelling experience?

2

Discuss the role of characterization in each of your selected readings. Using specific examples, how do the characters progress (or not) throughout the works? What effect does this have on the overall narrative or message?

3

Consider how your selected works are written. Using specific examples, examine the use of dialogue OR suggestive language (such as allusions, metaphors, symbols, etc.). How do these literary devices contribute to the deeper meaning or understanding of the texts?

4

Reflect on the themes explored in the readings you selected. List the themes of each of your readings. How does the theme resonate with the reader or reflect societal issues?

5

From the explanatory video, what are the three layers of meaning?

Plot, Moral, Theme

Moral, Metaphor, Story

Plot, Theme, Setting

Plot, Moral, Metaphor

Plot, Characters, Setting

Plot, Characters, Theme

6

From the explanatory video, what are the two triggers of tragedy?

Morals & Metaphors

Close & Reading

All of these

Cause & Effect

None of these

Time & Ignorance

7

From the explanatory video, what are the “capsules of our culture?”

Passed down over time

Ways to overcome ignorance

Wisdom “Pills”

All of these

None of these

Stories

8

True or False: According to Aristotle, the best plots are based on cause-and-effect. According to the video, the primary thing readers should learn from seeing cause-and-effect in stories is that there is cause-and-effect in life.