Story Devices Ms. Boysen

Review Yesterday you learned about the following devices: Cliffhanger Suspense Flashback Foreshadow

Review Story devices are Techniques writers use to make their stories, movies, shows, cartoon, etc. more interesting and enhance the experience for the reader/viewer.

Your Task Today, you will explore these 4 techniques more in depth!! You will read some examples of the devices as well as watch YouTube clips. (Make sure the volume is up on your computer and you have headphones!!) You will also fill out a chart with some information from this presentation. So, let’s start by making the chart….that’s right…you are making it!! #boysenissavingpaper

ISN Device Definition (Own Words) Why it Works Example (Summarized) Open your ISN to the Table of Contents. Make sure you wrote down pg. 14 as Story Devices. (with ipods) Write page 15 as Story Devices-In Depth. Now, turn to page 15 in your ISN. At the top, label it Story Devices. Next, make and label the chart you see. Do it sideways so that it fills the page. (like this) → Oh, you have messy handwriting and line drawing skills? That’s ok…use a ruler and print.  Device Definition (Own Words) Why it Works Example (Summarized) Cliffhanger 2. Suspense 3. Foreshadow 4. Flashback

Page 15 final product should look like this! Do you need to make ANY CHANGES before moving on? Then do it 

Cliffhanger: What is It? A cliffhanger is a type of device in which the end is curiously abrupt so that the main characters are left in a difficult situation without offering any resolution of conflicts.

Cliffhanger: Why it Works! Cliffhangers really help out authors and movie/show directors. #theyaregettingpaid This device ensures that readers will buy the next installment in order to read and find out what happens, or watch the next show/movie.

Cliffhanger…Did You Know? A successful story conclusion leaves the reader feeling satisfied, but if you want to write a sequel to your story, add a cliffhanger to make your reader eager to read more. The term cliffhanger comes from old movies which were serials. The end of each segment left the hero or heroine in a dangerous situation -- sometimes literally hanging off a cliff. Descriptive scenes, dialogue, and questions are all devices that can be used in creating effective, successful cliffhangers.

Cliffhanger: Used in T.V. Scripts Click on the link below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJeVKI87yN8 Think about how many story lines are occurring in our class novel. How is John Grisham using this literary device? Write one example on your chart.

Bring me your notebook so I can make sure you are completing your chart correctly!

Suspense: What is It? Suspense is a feeling of anxiety or anticipation. In literature, authors use that anxiety to make readers concerned about characters with whom they have formed sympathetic attachments.

Suspense: Why it Works! Through suspense, authors/directors can create scenarios that force readers to continue to read in order to understand or see what may happen to their beloved characters. Suspense ensures the reader will have enough interest to continue reading or watching throughout the piece. If the author/director has done his job, suspense will continue to increase up until the final confrontation and turning point.

Suspense: Example Click on the link below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07l6HgPDJn0 Think about how John Grisham is applying the literary device of suspense in our class novel and write one example on your chart.

Foreshadow: What is It? Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. There are various ways of creating a foreshadowing. A writer may use dialogues of characters to hint at what may occur in future. In addition, any event or action in the story may throw a hint to the readers about future events or action. Even a title of a work or a chapter title can act as a clue that suggests what is going to happen.

Foreshadowing: Why it Works! Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a story or a chapter and helps the reader develop expectations about the coming events in a story. Foreshadowing in fiction creates an atmosphere of suspense in a story so that the readers are interested to know more.

Foreshadowing in Literature Here’s an example from “Little Red Riding Hood”: Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her mother. Her mother asked her to take her old and lonely grandmother some food one day. "Don't stop along the way. Go straight to your Grandma's house and back. Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods! Now get along!" See where Mother warned Little Red? This was foreshadowing the events with the wolf.

Foreshadowing: Example Click on the links below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yofeMUMquEw This next link will help you understand Foreshadowing more…if you need it! http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/what-is-foreshadowing-types-examples- definitions.html Think about how John Grisham has given us hints at things that may happen. How is he using Foreshadowing? Provide one example from the text we have read so far on the chart.

Flashback: What is It? Flashback is a literary device where the author depicts the occurrence of specific events to the reader/viewer, which have taken place before the present time in the story or movie. Flashback devices that are commonly used are past dialogues by characters, depictions and references of dreams and memories.

Flashback: Why it Works! Flashback is used to create a background to the present situation, place or person. This gives the reader/viewer a better understanding of the character or what is going on. You can see flashbacks used very often in movies. For example, it is common in movies for there to be a flashback that gives the viewer a look into the characters life when they were younger, or when they have done something previously. This is done to help the viewer better understand the present situation.

Flashback in Literature Here’s another example from “Little Red Riding Hood”: The wolf went up to Little Red Riding Hood and told her that he knew a shortcut. Little Red Riding Hood thought back to what her mother told her. “Don’t talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods!” But it was too late, she had already listened to the wolf’s directions. See where Little Red is thinking back to what her mom told her? #motherknowsbest

Flashback: Example Click on the links below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUwjGTlACrI Have we seen any examples of flashback’s in our novel? Write an example if so; if not, think of an example and write it in the section on your chart.

Task: Complete!! Tomorrow you will take the information you learned and apply it to a short story. You will be asked to find examples of all 4 devices and color code them using the four colors assigned to each device. Are you ready? If not, go back and review!  If so, move on to the next slide.

Now What? Now, go show Ms. Boysen the final product in your ISN, then file it on the shelf. Next, go get the new comprehension questions one out of the RED folder and one out of the YELLOW folder on the side white board and work on them through page 25. If a friend is finished, you may work on a level 1 together. THANK YOU! 