Literary Elements
The plan or structure of events in the main story.
Plot
An underlying message, lesson, or big idea in a literary work. Texts often have multiple of these.
Themes
The narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view.
1st Person
A sonnet has ___ lines.
14
Begins with a general premise or truth, then moves to a specific conclusion based on already known facts.
Deductive Reasoning
Conflict
When the reader has to use inferences, or educated guesses, based on the plot, setting and characters in the story to discover the theme, it is _____.
Implied
The reader is immersed in the narrative as a character involved in the story. Ex: "You", "Your"
2nd Person
A sonnet typically has this at the end. The rhyme scheme typically changes here.
Couplet
Begins with a pattern or a trend, then uses the trend to deduce information consistent with the given pattern.
Abductive Reasoning
The time, place, and circumstances of the action in a literary work.
Setting
When the author writes what the theme is, it is _____. Fables and folktales often explain the theme at the end of the story.
Stated or Explicit
3rd Person Limited
The repetition of similar sounds at the end of a line or in the middle of a line.
Rhyme Scheme
The three parts of an argument are: ____, _____. and ______.
Claims, Reasons, and Evidence
The type of narration used (as in first, second, or third person narration)
Point of View
Facts, definitions, details/examples, and quotations.
Evidence or Supports
The narrator is outside the story and knows the thoughts of all characters.
Groups of lines in a poem, usually set off with a blank space or indentation.
Stanzas
Errors in the reasoning of an argument. The errors are often invalid arguments, irrelevant, or flawed points that undermine or weaken the argument.
Logical Fallacies
Expressed directly or indirectly through physical descriptions, dialogue, actions, or inner thoughts.
Characterization
The author's reason for writing. Authors typically write to entertain, persuade, or inform.
Author's Purpose
A character's particular attitude toward or way of regarding something. This is developed through characters' thoughts, feelings, actions, and dialogue.
Perspective
The name for a grouping of 4 lines in a poem. There are 3 sets of these in the sonnet form.
Quatrain
Begins with a specific observation and applies it to a broad conclusion.
Inductive Reasoning