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Goals I can statement/s: I can read & analyze literary elements (character, setting, plot, or conflict) of a text. I can explain how the text uses literary elements. I can understand and synthesize new words and phrases. Character Objective: I can explain how I can demonstrate Leadership.
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A Quick Look at
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Setting The time and place where a story takes place. Examples:
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Examples of Setting Finding Nemo: the sea
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Examples of Setting A Christmas Carol: 1840s London
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Examples of Setting Do The Right Thing: A hot summer day on a block in Brooklyn, NY
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Examples of Setting Personal examples from things you have seen or read?
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Characters Protagonist: The main character of the story Examples: Walter Younger from A Raisin in the Sun Marlin from Finding Nemo
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Characters Antagonist: The opposition or force that creates conflict for the Protagonist Examples: the ocean in Finding Nemo The Red Skull in Captain America
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Characters Minor Characters Assist the Protagonist but do not grow like the main character ○ Examples: Chewbacca in Star Wars
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Characters Static: characters never change Dynamic: characters change and come to a realization over the course of story Stereotype: a character that is supposed to represent an entire culture due to his/her traits.
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Point of View 1 st Person P.O.V:Uses “I” Told through the Protagonist’s eyes 2 nd Person P.O.V:Uses “You” Told through minor character’s eyes 3 rd Person P.O.V: Uses “He, She, It” Told through an omniscient (all knowing) narrator
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Plot Five parts Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution
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Plot Exposition: The introduction. The characters, setting, and conflicts are introduced. Example: The kids decide to go to the haunted mansion on the hill where the killer supposedly lives.
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Plot Rising Action: The conflict rises through a series of problems or issues. Examples: The kids discover that the killer still lives in the mansion, and he proceeds to kill them all one by one.
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Plot Climax: The point at which the conflict is resolved. The highest point of intensity. Example: The hero kills the villain.
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Plot Falling Action: The effects of the Climax are scene Example: The hero realizes that he or she has killed the villain and tries to relax.
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Plot Resolution: The end of the story where everything is tied up. Example: The hero walks off into the sunset…or dies. If a resolution is sad, it’s called Denouement
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Resolutions There are three types of Resolutions: Cliffhanger ○ No resolution is given Closed ○ No questions are left Open ○ Many questions are left
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Conflict Conflict: The struggle or battle that drives the story Two types of conflict: ○ Internal ○ External
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Internal Conflict Only one type: Person vs. Self ○ Example: The protagonist fights his addiction
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External Conflict Four types: ○ Person vs. Person Protagonist vs. another person ○ Person vs. Society Protagonist vs. group of people ○ Person vs. Nature Protagonist vs. environment ○ Person vs. Fate Protagonist vs. God or his destiny
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Theme The moral or message of a story.
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Tone Vs. Mood Tone: The author’s attitude toward his/her subject Mood: the emotional state or feeling you get from the literature
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Other Terms Foreshadowing: Hints as to what is coming later in the story Personification: Giving human qualities to non-human things Symbolism: an object, place, or person who stands for something else.
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