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 * Identify and describe each literary element in your chosen short story. Each answer should be a paragraph that includes a definition of the literary term so that you can describe how your example exhibits the characteristics of each term. Be sure to include specific names of characters, places, authors and titles.

__Internal Conflict__- Internal conflict is a struggle a charcter has within thereselves. Elena internal conflict is that she likes eugene and his mom won't let them study together because she's a different color than Eugene. She's upset that she's different from him and she dislike's herself because of it. But what's ironic is president kennedy just died for that. He wanted to give every one equal rights so he was assasinated. And if they all had equal rights that probably wouldn't have happened. __External Conflict__- External conflict is a struggle between two or more people.She gets picked on by the black girls because she's so skinny. She's segragated from the white kids. She's a different color so she judged by white people and by the people she should connect with because they're also segregated from the white kids. But they make fun of her because she is way skinnier than them and not as strong. __Exposition__ - The exposition is the introduction to the story. The expositions is when she's explaining where she lives and her old neighbors. And she introduces eugene, her gym teacher and the black girls. Then she explains how she's a huge creeper and how she spies on her neighbors(that's why I have curtains).It's pretty much the interduction to the story.

__Rising Action__- Is the events before the climax that build up.Is when she starts talking to Eugene more and more. They become friends and bond a lot. Then the president dies and he asks her over to study ........etc.

__Climax__- The climax is the main event to the story or the main climax. The climax is when Eugene's mom tells her to go home because Eugene's not aloud to study with her kind. She's upset because she really likes Eugene.And she realizes why it's so tragic that the president died for thier freedom. She cries and cries, but only for herself.

__Falling Action__- Is the events after the climax that lead to the resolution. She's surprised that her mom was right and wishes she wasn't.When she gets home and realizes that the house is empty she thinks about the president. And how this is why he died. But she only cries for herself not the president because she wishes she wasn't colored. She's surprised that her mom was right and wishes she wasn't.

__Resolution-__ The resolution is wrapping of the story.There is no resolution because you don't know how it affects her long term it just keeps you hanging.

__Foreshadowing__- Foreshadowing is clues to whats going to happen next. In the begining of the story when she says that salsa music is always playing and how eugene's classes are on the other side of school because their segregated. And the president too is foreshadowing because he died for the cause of racism __Imagery__-Imagery is an author painting a picture of the characters and their surroundings. Elena's imagery for describing the neighbors and area was detailed. __Irony__ -Irony is something that should't happen in a certain situation.It's ironic that the black girls make fun of her for being different when they're not white either.She's an outsider of the outsiders. __Point of View__- How the author tells the story .It's first person limited because Elena telling the story through her eyes.

__Protagonist__- The heroine of the story.Elena

__Antagonist__-The villian of the story. Eugene's mom.

__Dynamic Character__-a character that changes through out the story. Elena didn't really change through the whole novel.

__Foil__-A person that makes the protagonist look good or bad.Then Elena's mom's tells her he should be upset about the presidents death and even in the end she doesn't care. It shows she's self centered.

__Setting__-The enviroment of the story.The ghetto's and school.

__Suspense__- the rush to figure out what's next to happen in the plot.It's not suspenseful.

__ Symbol- __ A thing that represents the story.A good symbol for this story would be black and white these colors represent perfectly.

__Theme__-A moral that represents the story.A good theme is never under estimate your enemy. ||