Elements of Literature 1
Attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena and animals.
Personification
The main topic or focus that acts as a foundation for the entire literary piece. It is the central idea or message of the literary work.
Theme
used to identify and establish the time, place and mood of the events of the story.
Setting
The decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot.
Climax
The narrative perspective from which a story is told, determining who is speaking and how the reader experiences the events
Point of View
A character, an object, or an action that means something more than its literal/surface meaning.
Symbol
What is tone?
The perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place, or development.
DAILY DOUBLE!!! When a character is at odds with his surroundings, technology or against other characters in the story.
External Conflict
The events following the climax of story: in a work of fiction or in a drama, the events that follow the climax and lead to the denouement or the resolution.
Falling Action
List 4 elements of literature
Plot, Characters, Setting, Conflict, Point of View, and Theme
When the author uses words and phrases to create “mental images” for the reader.
Imagery
A definitive stance the author adopts in shaping a specific emotional perspective towards the subject of the literary work. It refers to the mental and emotional disposition of the author towards the subject, which in turn lends a particular character or atmosphere to the work.
Mood
When a character is battling his inner self.
Internal Conflict
The final part of a story (such as a book, a play, or a series of events)
Resolution
List the 4 different types of POVs
1st Person
2nd Person
3rd Person
3rd Person Omniscient
List the five types of imageries
Visual, Auditory, Tactile, Olfactory, Gustatory
A comparison using like or as.
Simile
A part of the plot that is a series of events that build up and create tension and suspense prior to the climax.
Rising Action
The people, animals, creatures, or objects that take part in a story, play, movie, or book. Involves a protagonist and antagonist.
Characters
An outside narrator tells the story using he, she, or they, but acts like a god who knows the thoughts, feelings, and secrets of all the characters at any time.
Third-Person Omniscient
A literary device wherein the author uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the basic gist of the statement in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect.
Hyperbole/ Exaggeration
Refers to a meaning or identity ascribed to one subject by way of another. A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.
Metaphor
The development of events with a literary work; mainly prose pieces such as stories and novels or in a drama piece.
Plot
DAILY DOUBLE!!! The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, thought, effects on others, actions, or appearance.
Indirect characterization
1. The leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. 2. The adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work
1.Protagonist 2.Antagonist?