A Raisin in the Sun - Plot Flashcards
1
Q
inciting incident
A
- walter sr. death
- comes first in the novel
- provides a sense of doom from the very beginning
2
Q
exposition
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setting
3
Q
climax
A
- protagonist walter changes when he devices that he is going to move
- not when Walter loses the money but when he decides to invest in his family
4
Q
falling action
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- moving to the house
- - when a hopeful mama packs up her plants to move
5
Q
note
A
- walter learns that dreams deferred can transform into new ones, and with that, bring hope
- plot is built through situational irony
6
Q
how does the plot help advance the theme of hope
A
walter’s crushed dream becoming…
7
Q
events that make up a storyline
A
plot
8
Q
tension
A
he man an investment!
9
Q
answers
A
he finally steps up to be the man of the family
