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Literary Elements. Plot  A plot is a sequence of events, the "why" for the things that happen in the story.  The plot draws the reader into the character's.

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1 Literary Elements

2 Plot  A plot is a sequence of events, the "why" for the things that happen in the story.  The plot draws the reader into the character's lives and helps the reader understand the choices that the characters make.

3 What do you think the plot of this story is?

4 Setting  Setting – this is where and when the story takes place.  This can also be a description of what it looks like and how it feels. Ex: Cold, hot, ect…

5 What do you think the setting is?

6 Conflict  Conflict is simply a problem(s) which develop the plot and need to be solved to have a resolution.

7 5 Levels of Conflict  Person vs. Person  Person vs. Self  Pperson vs. Nature  Person vs. Society  Person vs. Technology

8 What are these conflicts?

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10 THEME The central idea about life that the story highlights; the message the author is telling the audience.

11 THEME  Theme is NOT the moral of the story  Theme is NOT plot  Theme IS the general subject matter of a work of art  Theme may contain a message

12 THEME OR NOT A THEME? 1) Red Riding Hood is about how you shouldn’t trust strangers 2) Stars Wars is a movie about Luke Skywalker 3) Apocalypse Now is about the insanity of war. 4) This painting is about loneliness 5) That story is about two guys who steal a car 6) Romeo and Juliet is about love 7) Romeo and Juliet is about two families fighting 8) I saw a movie last night about survival 9) Hansel and Gretel is about two children 10) Cinderella is about poetic justice

13 Tone  Feelings of the speaker or the narrator within the story.

14 Mood  A feeling or attitude, usually expressed by the audience toward the writing.

15 FORESHADOWING  A hinting at events that may occur later in the plot.

16 FLASHBACK  When and earlier or previous event is added into the time order of the story.

17 CHARACTER(s)  Any personalities who are involved in the plot of the story (people, animals, fantasy characters)

18 Character(s) Dynamic  These characters change emotionally and/or physically within the story. Static  These characters do not change emotionally and/or physically, they remain the same, but interact with the dynamic characters.

19 PROTAGONIST  The main character that we follow  The character that strives to solve the conflict

20 ANTAGONIST  Usually creates conflict for the main character

21 Author’s Purpose  This is the reason the author wrote the text. Persuade Inform Entertain

22 Audience  The persons reached by a book, radio or television broadcast.  The people reading, listening and watching.

23 Point of View  POV is referring to who is telling the story. You can only look at the narration to determine POV. Words in dialogue do not count.

24 First Person POV  The narrator is in the story and refers to him/herself.  Narrator will use words like I, me, we, us, our, my

25 Second Person POV  The second person is almost never used in literature.  This is reserved for poetry and letters.  The second person is when the narrator says “You” and puts the reader directly into the story.

26 Third Person POV  The narrator is telling a story about other people. Narrator will use words like  He, she, him, her, they, them, their, (and characters’ names).

27 Plot Structure Components Exposition: Where the setting and the characters are introduced. Rising Action: Problems are introduced to the story. Conflict… Climax: The problem is solved. The most exciting part of the story. Falling Action: all of the action which follows the Climax. Resolution: The conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads.


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