1. Focus Questions for Stand and Deliver
Elements of Fiction
Focus Questions for
Stand and Deliver

2. Elements of Fiction Plot = The Storyline
Theme = Main idea or moral of story
Setting = Where, when, why (context)
Characterization = Protagonist = Main Character
Antagonist = Causes conflict for the protagonist
Narration = Point of view = 1st Person or rd Person

3. Focus Questions Who is the protagonist in the story?
What is the main conflict of the story?
What are a few of the major themes?
What is type of conflict is the main conflict?
Character v. Character
Character v. society
Character v. nature
Character v. self

4. Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing occurs when something occurs within the plot that predicts future events.
Focus Question
What key events are foreshadowed in the story as it relates to Jaime Escalante’s life?

5. Irony

6. Types of Irony
Irony = is when one outcome is expected, but the opposite occurs, usually with a coincidental twist of events.
Example: An earthquake occurring during an earthquake drill

7. What events occur that are ironic for the characters involved?
Irony Focus Question
What events occur that are ironic for the characters involved?

8. Verbal Irony = Where one thing is said, but another, opposite meaning is inferred.
Example: Hannibal the cannibal said, “I’d love to have you over for dinner.”
Dramatic Irony = occurs when the audience knows something a character does not and the outcome or meaning is the opposite of what the character expects.

9. What event sent the story in a totally different direction?
Dramatic Structure
What event sent the story in a totally different direction?
How was the main conflict resolved and who was involved in it?