Literary Elements #1
Refers to the time and place in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
The main character of a story, novel, or play.
What is the protagonist?
A person who tells the story.
What is Narrator?
An appeal to authority and credibility
What two things do we learn in the exposition of a story?
Setting and characters
Gothic Literature and Magical Realism are examples of _______________ of literature.
Genre
The end of a narrative.
What is resolution?
A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces, usually a protagonist and an antagonist.
What is a conflict?
Refers to the central, deeper meaning of a written work. (A general life lesson)
What is theme?
What is pathos?
What is fiction?
Any story that is a product of imagination rather than a documentation of fact.
The audience knowing something that a character(s) does not is an example of irony
Dramatic Irony
The author's attitude towards or the vibe of what the writing is about.
What is tone?
The event leading up the most significant moment in the story or literary work.
The Rising Action
The most important event in a novel or literary work.
What is climax?
What is logos?
What type of conflict is this?
In the book Hatchet, the boy struggled to survive after his plane crashed
Man vs wild
What does the prefix "ex" mean? What is a word that uses it?
Out of, from, or thoroughly
The reader is part of the story. The narrator describes the reader's actions, thoughts, and background using "you."
Second-person point of view
The point of view in which the narrator is telling the story through their own perspective.
What is First Person Point of View.
The point of view in which the narrator is a person who is not involved in the story.
What is third person point of view.
Playing sad songs and showing hurting animals is example of an appeal to _______________
Pathos
What type of conflict is this?
Romeo fighting and killing Tybalt after Mercutio's death
Man vs. man
It's pouring rain, and I remark "What a lovely day we're having" This is an example of what type of irony.
Verbal Irony
The character in conflict with the Protagonist.
What is Antagonist?
a figure of speech in which two essentially dissimilar objects or concepts are expressly compared with one another through the use of “like” or “as."
What is a simile?
Creates a comparison without the use of “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
Including a dcotor in a commerical for medicine is an example of an appeal to ____________
Ethos
What type of conflict is this?
In the Hunger Games, Katniss spoke out against the Capitol and the injustice and oppression experienced in District 11
What is foreshadowing
When the author provides hints of whats to come in a story.