Cornell Notes on “Opportunity”
Essential Question: How does the poet create a theme in the “Opportunity”
poem?
Questions:
Notes:
Protagonist: the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary
work.
Antagonist: a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with
another; opponent; adversary.
Foil: In literature, a foil is a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with
the qualities of another character with the objective to highlight the traits of the
other character. The term foil, though generally being applied for a contrasting
character, may also be used for any comparison that is drawn to portray a
difference between two things.
Allusion: a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical,
cultural, literary or political significance.
Point of Viewst
1 person: First person point of view involves the use of either of the two pronouns
“I” and “we” outside the quotation marks.

I felt like we performed well.
nd
2 person: Second person point of view employs the pronoun “you”.
 You dropped your pencil on the floor.
rd
3 person: Third person point of view uses pronouns like “he”, “she”, “it”, “they” or
a name
Third-Person Objective: the facts of a narrative are reported by a seemingly
neutral, impersonal observer or recorder.
Third-Person Limited: a narrator reports the facts and interprets events from the
perspective of a single character.
Third-Person Omniscient: an all-knowing narrator not only reports the facts but
may also interpret events and relate the thoughts and feelings of any character.
Summary (Answer Questions):