literary elements. plot: the sequence of events in a story
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Literary ElementsLiterary Elements
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Plot:Plot:
tthe sequence of events in a story he sequence of events in a story
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Exposition:Exposition:
the early part of a story where the the early part of a story where the following are established: tone, setting, following are established: tone, setting, characters, and important background characters, and important background information information
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Complication / Rising Action:Complication / Rising Action:
• the part of a story where the conflicts begin, are added to, and expanded
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Climax:Climax:
• the point of highest intensity in a story
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Falling Action / Resolution:Falling Action / Resolution:
• occurs after the climax.
• this is the time when the conflicts in the story are resolved and loose ends are tied up
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Setting:Setting:
• the time and place of a story
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Conflict:Conflict:
• a struggle between two opposing forces
• the conflict can be either internal (in the character’s mind) or external (against a physical force)
• external conflict examples: man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. technology
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Situational Irony:Situational Irony:
• a contrast between what a reader or character expects to happen and what actually does happen
• it’s the unexpected twist
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Theme:Theme:
• the main idea in a work of literature
• it is a perception about life or human nature that the writer shares
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Foreshadowing:Foreshadowing:
• the use of hints or clues to indicate events and situations that will occur later in a plot
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Characterization:Characterization:
We learn about characters through:
• description
• a character’s own thoughts or words
• a character’s actions
• the narrator’s direct comments
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Protagonist:Protagonist:
• the central character or hero in a narrative or drama
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Antagonist:Antagonist:
• the principle character in opposition to the protagonist
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MoodMood: :
• the feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader
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DialogueDialogue: :
• written conversations between two or more characters in either fiction or nonfiction
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Point of ViewPoint of View: :
• the method of narrating a short story, novel, narrative poem or work of nonfiction
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First PersonFirst Person: :
• The narrator is a character in the story and uses I to refer to him/herself
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Third PersonThird Person: :
• the story is told by a narrative voice outside the action, not by one of the characters
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Third Person OmniscientThird Person Omniscient: :
• the narrator sees into the minds of more than one character
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Narrator:Narrator:
• the character or voice from whose point of view events are told
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Suspense:Suspense:
• the excitement or tension readers feel as they become involved in a story and are eager to know its outcome
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Imagery:Imagery:
• language that appeals to one or more senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch)
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SymbolismSymbolism
A person, place, thing, or event A person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and that stands for itself and something beyond itself as wellsomething beyond itself as well
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FictionFiction
Any story that is imagined or invented