elements of literature
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Elements of literature. Allusion. An indirect reference to another literary work or to a famous person, place or event. Audience. The person or persons who are intended to read a piece of writing. The intended audience of a work determines its form, style, tone and the details included. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The person or persons who are intended to read a piece of writing. The intended audience of a work determines its form, style, tone and the details included.
Refers to the techniques a writer uses to develop
characters. There are four basic methods of characterization:
-physical description -through the character’s own words, thoughts,
actions and feelings -through the actions, words, thoughts and
feelings of other characters -through the narrator’s own direct comments.
A struggle between opposing forces.
External- pits a character against nature, society
or another character.
Internal- a conflict between opposing forces within a character.
Refers to a contrast between appearance and actuality.
Situational Irony-is a contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
Dramatic Irony-when a reader knows more than the characters do.
Verbal Irony-when someone states one thing, but means another.
The perspective from which the events in a story or novel are told.
1st person – the narrator is a character in the work who tells everything in his or her own words and uses the pronouns I, me and my.
3rd person-events are related by a voice outside the action and uses the pronouns he, she, they, etc.