Story Elements
Sequence of events that make up a story.
Plot
The perspective in which a story is told.
Point of view
Words/phrases that are different from their literal meaning.
Figurative Language
Is a literary technique that uses the sounds of words to create rhythm, mood, and emphasis.
Sound devices
Refers to the information surrounding a literary work that helps us understand its meaning.
Literary Context / Context
Interrupts the present to show a scene that unfolded in the past.
A suspenseful ending is called _______.
Cliffhanger
What figurative language is shown?
The sea is a hungry monster.
Metaphor
What sound device is used?
The water splashed as the children jumped into the pool.
Onomatopoeia
This context means understanding a story by looking at the culture and society in which the characters and author live.
Sociocultural Context
Hamlet is torn by indecision, guilt, and doubt as he contemplates revenge.
What type of conflict is shown?
Person vs. Self
Continuous flow of thoughts is known as __________
Stream of Consciousness
What figurative language is shown?
The food at the school fair was awfully good.
Oxymoron
What sound device is used?
The fire lights the night.
Assonance
The literary context which examines the period, political conditions, and other circumstances that existed when a literary work was created.
Historical Context
A fictional person or figure who does not experience any major internal changes, growth, or shifts in perspective from the beginning of a story to the end.
Static Character
Maria entered the classroom and looked at the clock. She felt nervous because she had not finished reviewing for the test. When the teacher handed her the test paper, Maria took a deep breath. She wondered if she would remember everything she had studied. She picked up her pencil and began answering.
Which type of POV is shown?
Third-person limited
What figurative language is shown?
Time runs when you're having fun.
Personification
What sound device is used?
Mia made many magical memories.
Alliteration
He is the proponent of the Psychoanalytic Theory (which is applied in Psychological Context). He believes that every human being has an id, ego, and superego.
Sigmund Freud
The author shows the reader what a character is like through their actions, words, and thoughts. It uses the "STEAL" method.
Indirect characterization
Sign and referent
Sign: ⛓️ (chains)
Referent:
Lack of freedom / oppression
Calling out to someone/something that cannot respond.
Apostrophe
What sound device is used?
The lumpy camp was damp.
The three major components of a historical context.
Race, milieu, moment