Literary Elements
Conflicts
Point of View
Characterization
Theme(s)
100
The life lesson/moral of the story. It is not a single word.
What is theme?
100
A problem or challenge
What is a conflict?
100
The narrator's perspective on the narrative.
What is point of view?
100
When the author describes a character's appearance or personality?
What is characterization?
100
a universal lesson, truth, what the author wants read to learn
What is theme?
200
Clues, hints or evidence of upcoming/future events.
What is foreshadowing?
200
In the rising action; before the climax; after the exposition (any are correct).
Where does the conflict occur in a plot map?
200
Omniscient
What is a narrator who knows all?
200
Make a list of topics that the text is about.
What is the first step to identifying theme (after reading your text)?
300
Character roles (antagonist/protagonist); conflict; mood
What does the rising action in a story include? Include the 3 major components.
300
Person vs. self Person vs. person Person vs. setting
What are the three different types of conflict?
300
First person - narrator is involved in the plot Second person - narrator is the reader Third person - narrator is observing the plot
What are the types of definitions of three points of view?
300
Direct and Indirect
What are the types of characterization?
300
Write a sentence about the author's opinion of a selected topic.
What is the second step to identifying theme?
400
Being stranded in the woods during a Nor'easter.
What is an example of a conflict?
400
First person
What is the point of view in The Most Dangerous Game?
400
Direct - features or personality are explicitly stated Indirect - actions show the pesronality
What are the differences between direct and indirect characterization?
400
Textual evidence
What is necessary for supporting your theme identification?
500
Setting, characters, and mood
What does the exposition include? (The 3 major components)
500
Person vs. self - internal struggle Person vs. person - a character conflicts with another character Person vs. setting - a character conflicts with environment, society, or other external force.
What is the explanation for each of the conflict types?
500
Third person omniscient
What is the point of view in The Landlady?
500
Billy Weaver is 17 years old. His smile showed white pointed teeth and red lips.
What are examples of direct and indirect characterization?
500
Theme:
What is a theme for a text you have read or a movie that you have watched?
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