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Literature Elements

Theme The idea or point of a story formulated as a generalization. The dominant ones might be innocence/experience, life/death, appearance/reality, free will/fate, madness/sanity, love/hate, society/individual, known/unknown. Themes may have a single, instead of a dual nature as well.

Character Imaginary people created by the writer. Perhaps the most important element of literature.

Character  Protagonist  Major character at the center of the story.  Antagonist  A character or force that opposes the protagonist.

Character Minor character-- 0ften provides support and illuminates the protagonist. Static character--A character who remains the same. Dynamic character--A character who changes in some important way.

Look for: connections, links, & clues between/about characters What is the function & significance of each character? Based on character’s history, what you’re told as the reader, & what characters say about themselves & others

Plot The arrangement of ideas and/or incidents that make up a story

Plot 1. Exposition--Background information regarding the setting, characters, plot. 2. Complication or Rising Action-- Intensification of conflict. 3. Crisis/Climax--Turning point; moment of great tension that fixes the action. 4. Resolution/Denouement--The way the story turns out

Causality--One event occurs because of another event. Foreshadowing--A suggestion of what is going to happen. Suspense--A sense of worry established by the author. Conflict--Struggle between opposing forces. Plot

Look for: repeated elements in –action –gesture –dialogue –description –as well as shifts in direction, focus, time, place, etc.

Setting The place or location of the action, the setting provides the historical and cultural context for characters. It often can symbolize the emotional state of characters.

Point of View Narrator--The person telling the story. First-person--Narrator participates in action but sometimes has limited knowledge/vision. Objective--Narrator is unnamed/unidentified (a detached observer). Does not assume character's perspective and is not a character in the story. The narrator reports on events and lets the reader supply the meaning. Omniscient--All-knowing narrator (multiple perspectives). –editorial omniscience –neutral omniscience Limited omniscient--All-knowing narrator about one or two characters, but not all.

Look for: Style in verbal identity of writer –Diction (word choice) –Syntax (the order of words in a sentence) –Language, reveals their tone (attitude)

Irony A contrast or discrepancy between one thing & another. Verbal irony--We understand the opposite of what the speaker says. Irony of Circumstance or Situational Irony--When one event is expected to occur but the opposite happens. A discrepancy between what seems to be and what is. Dramatic Irony-- Discrepancy between what characters know and what readers know. Ironic Vision--An overall tone of irony that pervades a work, suggesting how the writer views the characters.