1. WHAT MAKES A STORY A STORY?
LITERATURE
WHAT MAKES A STORY A STORY?

2. Theme The lesson learned from the story
Theme must have the following characteristics:
More than just one word
Have general lesson for life
Lesson based on the story

3. Tone/Mood How the author and reader feel from reading the story
Can be one word
Is an emotion

4. Dialog A conversation between characters in a story
Always set apart by quotes

5. Setting Time and place a story is set in
Could be time of day, month, day, season, year, etc
Might have multiple settings but always a main setting

6. Plot chart Diagram that includes the elements of plet Elements:
Introduction- sets up setting characters and beginning of problem
Rising action- events leading up to the climax
Climax- the most exciting part of the story
Falling action- events leading down to the resolution
Resolution- the end where the problem is usually solved.

7. Metaphor Comparing two unlike things NOT using like or as
She was so fast, she was a cheetah
The linebacker was a brick house

8. Simile Comparing two unlike things USING like or as
She was as fast as a cheetah
The linebacker was so big that he was like a brick house

9. Point of view The perspective by which the story is told Three types
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

10. 1st person point of view
When the narrator is also a character in the story
Key words:
I, me, us, we

11. 2nd person point of view
Used when the narrator is addressing the reader
Key words:
You, your, you’re, etc

12. 3rd person point of view
When the narrator is completely detatched from the story
Key words: he, she, they, etc
Two different types:
3rd person omniscient:
When the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters
3rd person limited:
Where the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE character

13. Analogies
 a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it.
Examples:
Life is like a race. The one who keeps running wins the race and the one who stops to catch a breath loses.
Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer.

14. Irony When the unexpected happens Three types:
Dramatic: when the reader/audience knows something but the characters don’t
Verbal: when someone says something unexpected (sarcasm)
Situational: when something happens that is unexpected.

15. Suspense
A type of genre that leaves you on the edge of your seat and wanting more. You are unaware of what might happen next.

16. Humor
A piece of literature that has a series of incidents that provides amusement to the reader

17. Pun
a play on words that are similar in sound but have different meanings, usually providing a humorous effect.
Example: Smart fish swim in schools.
They are very punny!

18. Figurative/literal meaning
Figurative: language that can’t be taken literally or at face value
Includes a lot of similes, metaphors, hyperboles, etc
Literal: means exactly what is said.