1. Unit Four: Narrative Vocabulary Literary Devices and Story Elements

2. Plot The events that make up a story All stories must have a plot Usually a sequential order of events Plot is how the author delivers his or her message to the reader

3. Freitag’s Pyramid Every narrative follows this pyramid. There are five parts to this pyramid. Used to break up stories in manageable parts.

4. Flashbacks Are scenes that take the reader or viewer back to an event prior to what is happening in the story Often used to provide readers and viewers with relevant background. Easy way for authors to add extra character details to a story

5. Foreshadowing Hints about where the story is headed. Often leads the reader or viewer to a conclusion or future event of a story. Shows what may happen in story. Red-Herrings

6. Parallel Action When multiple things happen at the same time in a story Often used when an author has multiple characters that are apart from each other Soap Operas are a perfect example of this device

7. Chapters How a text is broken up. Authors use chapters for different things. Speak uses chapters very differently from traditional books.

8. Author vs. Narrator The author is the person writing the story. – They decide what the characters do and say. Narrators tell the story. – They are the link between the author and the audience. – They are almost never the same as the author.

9. Style Refers to the manner is which a work is written. Style is usually defined by the writer’s choice of words, figures of speech, devices, and the shaping of the sentences and paragraphs. Sometimes, styles are classified according to time period or individual writers.

10. Point of View There are three types of point of view, and many different sub sections. The three major categories of point of view are: 1.First Person 2.Second Person 3.Third Person Take notes on the subcategories of POV

11. Conflict Conflict is what drives a story. There is no story without conflict. The conflict of a story often serves as a character’s motivation.

12. Types of Conflict There are two types of conflict. – Internal and External Internal occurs in a person, while external occurs outside of a person. What are the subcategories of conflict for internal and external?

13. Setting

14. Character

15. Character Traits

16. Character Motivation

17. Character Development