few characters few events short in length narrative prose fiction
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• Few characters
• Few events• Short in length• Narrative• Prose• Fiction
Elements of Fiction
•Plot•Setting•Characters•Theme •Point of View
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1. Exposition
2. Initial Incident of Conflict
3. Rising Action
4. Climax
5. Falling Action
6. Resolution
time and place of action in a literary work
Any person, animal, object, or natural force presented as persons in a literary work
•The underlying meaning or overall message of a literary work
•Not a cliché
Point of ViewThe vantage point from
which a story is told
First person• The “I” point of view
• Narrator is a character in the story who only tells his/her side of the story
• Unreliable
Third person limited
•Narrator only knows the thoughts, emotions, and actions of one character in the story
•Still somewhat unreliable
Third person omniscient
• All-knowing, god-like narrator
• Narrator is outside the story
• Most reliable narration
Types of Characters
Role of the character
Protagonist Antagonist
Growth of character
Dynamic Static
Personality of the character
Round Flat
• Attempts to solve the conflict in the story
• NOT necessarily the main character
• The reader identifies with or admires this character
Antagonist• Attempts to keep
the protagonist from solving the problem
• Not always going to be a person
• The reader tends to dislike or despise this character
Dynamic Characters
• Develop and grow during the course of a story
• Learn a lesson• Experience a
significant change in attitude
Static characters
• Do not experience any significant changes in their attitude or beliefs by the end of a story
• Do not learn a lesson
Flat characters/ Round characters
• One-dimensional, stereotypical
• Totally predictable
•Multi-dimensional, well-rounded, complex
•Exhibits many personality traits
• Interesting, deep
Characterization Methods by
which a character’s personality is created and conveyed to the reader
The
Methodsof
Characterization
• Physical description
• Words/actions
• Thoughts and emotions
• How other characters view the character
The Direct Method
The author makes a direct comment about a character
Making an Inference
• Guess a logical conclusion• Read between the lines• Combine text information with your own
knowledge
Textual Clues + What You Know=Inference
Irony shows differences between
meaning and intention
appearance and realityexpectation and result
Verbal irony-
The speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he/ she says.
Dramatic ironycontradiction
between what a character thinks and what the audience knows
Irony of situation-
event occurs that directly contradicts
expectations
Diction• Your choice of words
• There is NO single correct diction
• Choose different words or phrases for different context
Diction Examples• To a friend:
– “a screw-up”• To a child
– “a mistake”• To the police
– “an accident”• To an employer
– “an oversight”
Denotation
-A literal meaning of the wordChick
Connotation• An association which a
word evokes
– Usually emotional
Example:
- “fat” “obese”
“heavy” “overweight”
+ “pleasantly plump” “big and beautiful”
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