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Literary Devices

Plot and Setting

Plot Exposition Catalyst Rising Action Complication Climax Falling Action Resolution Denouement

Conflict Internal External Man vs man Man vs nature Man vs society

Techniques Flashback Foreshadowing Suspense

Setting Physical details Chronological details

Setting Macro details Micro details

Setting Mood Atmosphere

Techniques Imagery

Plot and Setting Reading Skills

Characters

Characters Protagonist Antagonist

Character Round Flat

Character Static Dynamic

Characterization Direct Indirect

Character Reading Skills

Narrator and Voice

Voice of the Story Author: the actual person who wrote the story Narrator: the voice of the story Perspective: the viewpoint we are experiencing the story through Point of view: the manner in which the story is told/the type of narrator

Point of View 1st person: one of the characters is the narrator and we see through their eyes 2nd person: addressing the reader (you) as a character 3rd person: told by someone outside the story Omniscient: this narrator sees and knows all Objective: can only hear and see; dialogue and action, no thoughts and feelings Limited: focuses on the experience of one character—what they see/hear/feel

Point of View Reading Skills

More Literary Techniques

Figurative Language Metaphor Simile Personification

Figurative Language

Irony Verbal Hyperbole Understatement Situational Irony Dramatic Irony

Symbolism

What Does It All Mean?

Theme

Literary Merit