short+story+SILLYxMAYHEM

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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. ======

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**Internal Conflict**: A conflict within a character. Temas's internal conflict was he didn't think he could do it. He didn't think he could kill the lion and, win the girl Kileghen. Medoto kept saying "You can't do it coward!" and that kept nagging Temas in the back of his mind making him fear that he was not good enough to get the girl and kill the lion. ======

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**External Conflict**: A conflict outside the character. Temas was afraid that he wasn't physically strong enough to kill the lion. He froze when the time came to end the lion's life. But if not for Medoto Temas probably would have failed. The two where not friendly towards each other but they still helped out each other.======

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**Exposition**: The early part of the story that sets the tone, setting, character, backround infromation.The exposition of //Brothers Are the Same// is in Africa. Temas, Medoto, and Kileghen are a part of a tribe called Masai. The Masai live in the Serengeti Plain they are herders that raise cattle. ======

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**Rising Action**: The events in a story thay move the plot along. Temas had to kill a lion in order to become a warrior of his tribe. Lions kill the cattle they raise and lions are a great feat if someone kills them. so it became the initiation in the tribe to be warriors. ======

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**Climax**: The climax is where the reader's intrest and emotionl intensity reach the highest point. The climax was definitely where Temas was face to face with the lion. But the breaking point was where Medoto threw the rock at the angry lion. The rock made the fierce lion charge at Temas. Temas had some truble but in the end he killed the majestic lion and became a Masai warrior. ======

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**Falling Action**: Falling action happens after the climax. The falling action is after Temas killed the lion. He and Medoto had a girly talk confessing their feelings of when they killed the lion. Then they talked about Kileghen. ======

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**Resolution**: The solution.Kileghen made a beaded belt if Temas killed the lion he got the belt but, if he were to fail Medoto got to keep the belt. They ended up splitting the beaded belt and becoming friends. ======

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**Foreshadowing**: Foreshadowing is the writers clues or hints in the story. I think when Temas was facing the lion there was a circle of warriors surrounding Temas and the lion. Medoto was standing behind Temas. Medoto had his back. ======

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**Imagery:** Discripted words and phrases. All throughout the story Temas kept seeing Medoto laughing at him and calling him a coward. He also had a mental picture of Kileghen in his head, as something to fight for. ======

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**Antagonist**: There are two antagonists the lion, and Medoto. Temas had killed the lion and ended that problem. but Medoto was a harder nut to crack. Medoto had kinda sorta saved Temas's life and they were friends. ======

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**Symbol**: I think the most important symbol is the beaded belt. It represented strenght, power, and courage. Whoever got the belt in the end got the girl. So when Temas had killed the lion the belt was his but, Temas wasn't greedy he split the belt and gave half to Medoto. ======