Literary Elements-1
Batman is this character type in all of the films.
What is a Protagonist?
In the Harry Potter series, Lord Voldemort is THIS TYPE of character because he spends all his time working against Harry, the protagonist.
What is the Antagonist?
This is the point of greatest tension in a story, often the turning point.
What is the Climax?
Most of the story Born to Run takes place in the Copper Canyons (Las Barrancas del Cobre) of Mexico.
What is the Setting?
It took me forever to get to school this morning.
What is Hyperbole?
In The Dark Night Rises, Batman cannot defeat the villain, Bane, until he is first admits his own defeat, and overcomes his self-doubt. Only then can he release all ego and pride, and become the man and superhero he is supposed to be. This is an example of this type of conflict.
What is Internal Conflict?
In Born to Run, Christopher McDougall faces THIS TYPE of conflict as he runs in extreme heat and over rough terrain with the Tarahumara.
What is Man vs. Nature?
Once the climax occurs in the story, there are some events that still must happen before the end.
What is the Falling Action?
Sandranonie: Totally! You seem so nice and truthful all of a sudden!
Based on the speaker in text #2's word choice and use of punctuation, we can tell she is likely being sarcastic.
What is Tone?
“. . . impressions poured in upon her of those two men, and to follow her thought was like following a voice which speaks too quickly to be taken down by one’s pencil . . .” — To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf
What is a Simile?
When Batman overcomes his difficulties and faces Bane and his hooligans in a final battle, this is an example of this theme.
What is Man vs. Man?
In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," Walter faces THIS TYPE of conflict as his own memory and attention span often get in his way.
What is Man vs. Self?
What is the Exposition?
The fog crept around his ankles as he entered the swamp. The night was dark--and the cold sank to the ground--hovering with the fog and penetrating his bare ankles. No one ventured into this swamp at night; at least, no one who ever came out.
What is Mood?
"While I nodded, nearly napping..." -- The Raven, by Edgar Allen Poe
What is Alliteration?
Bane is a character who is evil in the beginning, and even though we find out WHY he's doing what he's doing, he doesn't change, and is ultimately evil in the end. Bane is this type of character.
In The Hunger Games, Effie Trinket is THIS TYPE of character because she becomes more empathetic and understanding over the course of the series.
What is a Dynamic Character?
Tension mounts in a story through a series of events.
What is Rising Action?
Throughout the story, I kept reading about a necklace that seemed important, but the main character lost it. Maybe it was a symbol of money or power. If that's the case, the author probably wants me to see that material things are temporary and fleeting, and that the real focus of life should be on the spiritual, not the material.
What is Theme?
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." -- The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
What is a Metaphor?
NOTE: This is comparing humans and their dreams to a boat trying to move upstream, "against the current."
The author has a choice of perspectives in how to present a story. This technique is often referred to in this way.
What is Point of View?
Each of these plays a role in a story--big or small.
What are Characters?
When we reach the end of a story, we hope all is resolved.
What is a Resolution?
I can only spot a theme, which is an abstract concept, if I make logical connections between what's happening in the text and what it MEANS.
What are Inferences?
Go ahead and get this fun review out of your system so that we can get to the exam.
What is an Idiom?