Story Elements
This is where and when the story takes place
What is the setting?
What is direct characterization?
This is a description/analysis about a piece of literature that attempts to evaluate the work
What is literary criticism?
This is the main idea of the essay
What is the thesis?
This is a preference towards a certain side, usually refusing to see other sides
What is bias?
This is the organized sequence in which events take place
What is the plot?
This shows the audience what the personality traits are
What is indirect characterization?
This examines the gender roles in the piece of literature
What is the gender/sexuality/feminist lens?
This is the beginning of the essay that is supposed to grab the reader's attention
What is the hook?
This is when a side of the story is left out
What is bias by omission?
This are the events that occur as a result of a central conflict
What is the rising action?
This reveals personality traits through what they said and how they said it
What is speech?
This examines the stereotypes or recognizable pattern/model within a story
What is the archetype lens?
This is the feeling or atmosphere that a piece of literature creates
What is the mood?
This is choosing certain stories over others to highlight particular perspectives
What is bias by story selection?
This is a hint about something that will happen in the story
This reveals things about characters through what they do
What are actions?
This examines the portrayals in social class and power structures in the piece of literature
What is the Marxist lens?
This is when events or words are the opposite of what is expected
This is tagging people with extremes
What is bias by labeling?
This is a protagonist's battle against their own destiny
What is character vs fate conflict?
This reveals personality traits through how others react to the character's actions/situations
What are effects on others?
This examines the unconscious motivations of characters and how it shapes the piece of literature
What is the psychoanalytic lens?
This is the layout of a paragraph
What is TRIT (topic, restrict your topics, illustration or example, restate topics)?
This is when importance is measured by where it is located in the paper, the order it appears in a broadcast, etc.
What is bias by placement?