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    This document defines and explains various literary elements found in stories such as plot, setting, character, point of view, conflict, theme, and others. It provides descriptions and examples for each element to help the reader understand how authors use these techniques in writing.

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    Literary Elements

    *I can define various literary elements.

    Plot Symbol
    Climax
    Setting Allusion
    3rd Omniscient
    Protagonist
    Motivation 3rd Limited
    Antagonist
    Internal Conflict Conflict
    Suspense
    External Conflict 1st Person
    Mood
    Exposition
    Point of View Foreshadowing
    Resolution
    Flashback
    Verbal irony Rising Action
    Central Idea
    Dramatic irony Theme Indirect Characterization
    Direct Characterization
    Situational irony Falling Action
    Plot
    (Once upon a time…)
    Plot: The sequence of events that take place in a story.
    Exposition: sets up the story by telling
    background, setting, & characters

    Rising Action: main part of the story where


    problems arise

    Climax: point of greatest intensity; the turning


    point
    Plot
    Falling Action: contains dialogue & action
    that lead to a satisfying ending

    Resolution: satisfying ending telling how


    problems are resolved

    …and they lived happily ever after.


    Plot Line
    Climax

    Fa
    on

    lli
    cti

    ng
    gA

    Ac
    sin

    tio
    Ri

    n
    Exposition
    Resolution
    Setting
    Time
    &
    Place

    (It was a dark and scary night….)


    Characterization
    Authors present believable
    Indirect
    characters by:
    Characterization:
    •character’s actions & words author
    reveals character’s
    •character’s appearance personality
    through thoughts,
    •character’s inner thoughts
    words, actions, etc.
    •character’s background

    •what other characters think &


    say about the character
    Direct
    •narrator commenting directly Characterization:
    about a character author tells reader
    about the character
    Character
    Motivation
    The reason a character
    behaves
    in a certain way
    Conflict!
    é The struggle that takes place between two opposing forces.

    EXTERNAL: INTERNAL:
    (outside the character) (within the character’s
    mind)
    ★person versus person
    ★person versus self
    ★person versus nature
    ★person versus society
    Point of View
    Who is telling the story?
    ★1st person: a character speaks directly to
    the reader & refers to him/herself as “I” --
    this allows readers to experience the thoughts
    and emotions of the main character
    ★3rd person: a narrator who is not a
    character & refers to all characters as “he” or
    “she”--this allows readers to experience the
    thoughts and emotions of several characters
    Suspense
    What will happen next?
    I can’t stand
    the suspense!
    The author’s ability to
    make the reader
    uncertain or tense
    about what is to
    happen next.
    Mood
    What emotion is this writing trying to
    make me feel?
    The atmosphere or
    feeling that runs
    through a work of
    literature. Writers
    create mood usually
    through their choice of
    details & description
    Foreshadowing
    The use of clues or hints by the
    author to prepare the reader for
    future developments in a story

    Foreshadowing helps us
    make predictions…and
    then we want to read on
    to see if our predictions
    come true!
    An
    interruption of
    the action in a
    story to tell
    about
    FLASH something that BACK
    happened
    earlier in
    time.
    Story’s Plot Story’s Plot

    Flashback
    Central Idea & Theme
    What is the author What can I learn
    trying to tell us? What about how to live
    is his message? my life?

    Central Idea is the universal life subject


    found in a work of literature (friendship, fear,
    love, determination, etc.)
    Theme is the life lesson learned from the
    Central Idea, stated in sentence form.
    Irony
    A contrast between
    what is stated and
    what is really meant,
    or between what is
    expected to happen
    and what actually
    does happen.
    Protagonist:
    The central or main character in a story.

    Antagonist:
    Works versus the protagonist.
    Symbol
    Any person, place, or thing which has meaning in
    itself but which is made to represent, or stand
    for, something else as well.
    Allusion

    • a reference in a literary
    work to a person, place, or
    thing in history or another
    work of literature

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    Practice!!!!
    Last week you read “Duffy’s Jacket” in your
    literature book.

    Using your notes, identify as many literary


    elements in the story (i.e. the setting, conflict,
    main characters, etc.)

    Read your book when you are finished.


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