Review of Plot, Escape and Interpretation: What do you remember of your theory?
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The main character may be in conflict with some external force such as physical nature, or society.
As well as pleasure, INTERPRETIVE LITERATURE has as its object __.
ESCAPE LITERATURE is written purely for ___.
__ is a position in which the protagonist must choose between two courses of action, both undesirable.
BEGINNING READERS expect a __ that conforms to their opinion.
This is the first aim and justification of reading fiction.
The central character in the conflict, whether he be a sympathetic or an unsympathetic person is the __.
A story becomes interpretive as it illuminates some aspect of human life or __.
__ Unity is is essential to a good plot. Everything in the story contributes to its total meaning. The author includes only that which advances the central intention of the story. Incidents and episodes are placed in the most effective order.
ESCAPE LITERATURE often provides the reader with a ___treatment of life.
This ending type is when defeat is presented to illuminate life.
The discriminating reader recognizes the dangers involved with reading only for escape may actually ___ their understanding of life.
With man vs __ the main character may be pitted against some other person or group of persons.
__ is that quality in a story which makes the reader ask, “What is going to happen next?” or “How will this turn out?” and impels him to read on to find the answers to these questions.
__ is an unusual set of circumstances for which the reader craves an explanation.
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With this ending type no definitive conclusion is arrived at.
the main character may be in conflict with some external force such as faith, God or fate.
Plot __ occurs when an author gives his story a turn unjustified by the situation or the characters involved.
The forces arrayed against him, whether persons, things, conventions of society, or traits of his own character are the __.
With man vs __ the main character may be in conflict with some element of his own character.
BEGINNING READERS expect a __ hero.
INTERPRETIVE LITERATURE takes us, through the __, deeper into the real world.
The discriminating reader recognizes the dangers involved with reading only for escape may leave the reader with a ___ towards life.
__ is central to all plot. It is a clash of actions, ideas, desires or wills.
This ending type is when the protagonist solves the problem.
________________ is proportional to the unexpectedness of what happens.
The BEGINNING READER wants a story with an __ plot.
The goal of ESCAPE LITERATURE allows us to temporarily forget our __.
__ is the sequence of incidents or events of which a story is composed.
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