Lit Element Review Continue to the next slide. Purpose The purpose of this review is to give you practice recognizing the lit elements present in a given.

Lit Element Test Review

Lit Element ReviewContinue to the next slidePurposeThe purpose of this review is to give you practice recognizing the lit elements present in a given piece of literature.The questions asked are similar to the ones you will be asked on the upcoming lit elements assessment, except that you will be given a different story to read.If you can independently answer the questions in this review, you should do pretty well on the test.Continue to the next slide.DirectionsBefore moving from one slide to the next, make sure you take the time to follow the directions. If it asks you to read something, read it.If it asks you to answer the question, answer it.Write your answers down before moving on. You can use your own piece of paper, or you can write your answers onto the Answer Sheet Word Document provided on the class website:Please Note: Your answers can sometimes differ from mine, but (as always) you would have to support your opinion with cited examples from the piece of literature.Continue to the next slide.Read the NarrativeRead Casey at the Bat at the following link:http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174665Its a narrative poem (a poem that tells a story).Dont let the fact that its a poem throw you off. Its still just a story. Its just formatted a little differently.After you have read the poem, continue to the next slide.Question #1:What is the setting of Casey at the Bat? After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #1Setting is the place and time in which a story takes place:Place: Its set in a fictional town called Mudville, which is mentioned in the first and last stanzas, and the entire narrative takes place at a baseball park, so that might also be an acceptable answer.Time: We arent told for sure when it takes place, so we have to make a guess based on the information we get from the poem. We know its baseball season obviously, and it seems like a fairly modern setting, since we have baseball games much like this one today. Some of the language, however, seems a bit dated. For example, Flynn is called a Puddn, which doesnt seem like something people would say today. A good guess might be somewhere in the early 20th century.

continue to the next slideQuestion #2:In which point of view is Casey at the Bat told?

Explain your answer.After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #2Your basic options are 1st person point of view or 3rd person point of view. Since the narrator (the voice telling the story) doesnt seem to be one of the characters, that draws out 1st person, so your answer is : 3rd Person NarratorAfter you have established that, you should try to decide whether its a limited third person narrator or an omniscient third person narrator. If its limited, that means that the narrator only has access to one characters thoughts. Even though that character isnt telling the story, it is more or less told from his or her perspective. That doesnt happen in this story. In fact the only thoughts we are given belong to the crowd in the stands: For they thought: If only Casey would get a whack at that (line 7). We get more than one persons thoughts. That makes it: 3rd Person Omniscient Narrator.

continue to the next slideQuestion #3:Is Casey a dynamic or static character? Explain. After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #3A dynamic character changes throughout the story. A static character stays the same.Casey is the same arrogant ball player from the beginning of the narrative to the end. We might assume that he is humbled by the experience of striking out, but that would take place after the fact, outside the scope of the story itself. Because of this, your best answer is probably: Static continue to the next slideQuestion #4:Is Blake a dynamic or static character? Explain.After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #4All we know about Blake is that he is a teammate of Caseys. Hes called a fake (line 10) and much-despised, which probably means that hes not a great player, and then he tears the cover off the ball (line 14) meaning that he manages a good hit, but that wouldnt be enough to say he grows through the story.He would have to be classified as a Static Character. continue to the next slideQuestion #5:Is Casey a complex or a simple character? Explain.After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #5A complex character exhibits many different personality traits. He or she is a more fully developed character. A simple character only exhibits one or two traits.As much as we might want to assume that our protagonists are usually complex characters, that isnt always the case, especially in a shorter piece like this one.All we really know about Casey is that he is arrogant, and apparently, the fans think hes great.Casey is a pretty Simple Character. continue to the next slideQuestion #6:Why does Casey let the first two pitches go by?After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #6This question is asking you to make an inference.He never says exactly why he doesnt swing, but we can tell he is driven by overconfidence and the desire to show off when he ignores both pitches and says, That aint my style (line 32). continue to the next slideQuestion #7:Name a character trait we see in Casey and give a specific example from the poem that shows that trait.After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #7Casey is definitely arrogant or cocky.Possible examples of his arrogance:The line about how the pitch isnt his style as he ignores the first pitch is certainly an example of this (32).He watches the first pitch go by in haughty grandeur (line 30). Haughty means arrogant.The way he controls the crowd is arrogant. He still[s] the rising tumult (quiets them down) with a smile (line 37) and a scornful look (line 42). continue to the next slideQuestion #8:Who is the protagonist of Casey at the Bat? After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #8A protagonist is the main character in a story.This is a story about Casey. Even though he might be kind of a jerk in the readers eyes, it is still his story.Casey is the protagonist. continue to the next slideQuestion #9:Is there an antagonist in this story?After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #9An antagonist is the character who opposes the protagonist.While there is almost always a protagonist, there is really only an antagonist when the story revolves around a conflict between two characters.That isnt the case in Casey at the Bat, so , no, there isnt really a true antagonist. continue to the next slideQuestion #10:Is there an internal conflict in Casey at the Bat?Explain.After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #10An internal conflict is a character vs. self conflict in which the protagonist is trying to overcome an internal struggle or get past an emotional obstacle.MaybeYou might be able to discuss the fact that Caseys own arrogance defeats him. continue to the next slideQuestion #11:Is there an external conflict?Which kind? Explain.After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #11An external conflict is an conflict involving the main character or characters and an outside force.There is certainly an external conflict here. Its just a matter of deciding which kind. Character vs. Character is unlikely since the pitcher isnt much of a character, and Character vs. Society/Nature also doesnt really fit. Group vs. Group might seem likely for a moment, but the story is really about Caseys individual failure, so the most likely answer here would be: Character vs. Group.In this case, Character vs. Group could mean Casey vs. the opposing team, but it might also be argued that there is a conflict of interests between Casey and the crowd.As this question illustrates, there can be more than one answer, but you may have to support it with evidence from the text. continue to the next slideQuestion #12:What information are we told in the exposition of Casey at the Bat?After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #12During the exposition, the audience is introduced to three things:Characters: Flynn and Blake (two lackluster players)Casey (the player the crowd wishes would come up to the plate)The crowd itself might also be looked at as a collective character.Setting: Mudville during a baseball gameThe Basic Situation: The score is 2-4. Its the last inning of the game, and the Mudville nine have two outs.These are the things we need to know as the story gets started. continue to the next slideQuestion #13:What is the inciting incident in the story?After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #13The inciting incident is the point in the story when the major conflictthe driving force behind the plotbegins. In this case, this is really a story about whether or not Casey will hit the ball and win the game, so the inciting incident would be the point at which Flynn and Blake make it onto the bases, and Casey, mighty Casey advances to the bat (line 20). continue to the next slideQuestion #14:List two important events in the rising action.After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #14The rising action is the part of the plot that occurs between the inciting incident and the climax. In most stories, it is the bulk of the story.In this case, the most significant events in the rising action would be Caseys first two strikes or any of the turmoil caused in the crowd by those two strikes. continue to the next slideQuestion #15:What is the climax of the story?After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #15The climax is the part of the plot in which the conflict comes to a head. In this case, its the moment right before we know whether or not hes going to hit that last pitch:And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go, and now the air is shattered by the force of Caseys blow (lines 47-48). continue to the next slideQuestion #16:Name one important event in the falling action.After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #16The falling action is the part of the plot after the climax. The conflict has basically been resolved in some way, and in most stories things are starting to go back to normal. In a short narrative poem like Casey at the Bat, the falling action probably consists entirely within the following three lines:Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright, The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light: And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout (47-48). continue to the next slideQuestion #17:What is the resolution of the story? After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #17The resolution is the part of the plot that ties up all of the loose ends. It answers any unanswered questions.In a short narrative poem like Casey at the Bat, the resolution probably consists entirely withiin the last line of the poem, which makes sure that the reader knows that, Mighty Casey has struck out (52). continue to the next slideQuestion #18:What is a possible theme for Casey at the Bat?After you have answered the question, continue to the next slide.Compare Your Answer #18A theme is a life lesson the reader can take from a story. This is usually a lesson that the main character learns or should have learned, and the reader can benefit from the same lesson.In this poem, Casey should not have been so cocky and should have taken his first two swings, so the reader might turn that into a theme statement that looks something like this:Take every opportunity that comes along.

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