Elements of Literature 1
The type of irony occurs when the audience knows something that the main characters do not
What is Dramatic Irony?
The narrator is a character in the story.
First person point of view
The beginning of the story where the author introduces the setting, characters, and other important information the readers need to know.
What is Exposition?
When a character struggles with an outside force.
What is External Conflict?
A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another.
What is an Antagonist?
This is the highest point of tension or action in the story. Also called the "Turning Point."
What is Climax?
Read the following and determine the point of view:
All of the children in the class were nervous when Mrs. Maple was late to class; little did they know she was planning the biggest surprise of the year.
Third person
When a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs.
What is Internal Conflict?
A series of events builds from the beginning of the story; where the author builds interest and tension in the story.
What is Rising Conflict?
When the actual meaning is the complete opposite from the literal meaning.
What is irony?
A leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
What is a Protagonist?
What figure of speech is being used below:
Sorry I'm late; the line at the gas station was a mile long.
hyperbole
The events of the story after the climax or turning point; the events lead to the end of the story and the resolution.
What is Falling Action?
The people who carry out the action in the story.
Character?
The type of irony where the situation's outcome is totally different from what people expect.
What is Situational Irony?
What is the point of view of the passage below?
"The first thing you should know about me is I am my father’s son. And when they came for him, I did as he asked. I did not cry."
First person
The type of irony where something is the opposite of what they mean.
What is Verbal Irony?
The final outcome or “untangling” of the events of the story.
What is Resolution?