Know the following literary terms/concepts:
Plot , conflict (internal and external), exposition, setting, inciting incident, in medias res, Freytag’s Pyramid, rising action, climax, falling action, suspense, plot complication, resolution, foreshadowing, static characters, dynamic characters, characterization (direct and indirect), protagonist, antagonist, round character, flat character, stock characters, stereotype, cliche, inference, point-of-view, perspective, first-person point-of-view, unreliable narration, narrative voice, viewpoint characters, third-person objective, alternating person point-of-view, multiple parallel point-of-view, omniscient narration, third-person limited, archetypes (archetypal characters, situations, and criticism), Carl Jung, collective unconscious, epistolary novels
Know the following works:
W.W. Jacobs, “The Monkey’s Paw” (complication, suspense, foreshadowing)
Julio Cortazar, “Axolotl” (perspective and narration)
Edgar Allan Poe, “Masque of the Red Death” (narrative problems)
Irvin Kershner, The Empire Strikes Back (archetypes)
Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali (archetypes)
James Thurber, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (plot and conflict)
