Literary Elements 1
What is the first part of plot? What do you learn here?
What is Exposition; characters, setting (time, place) and background information
Corman hit the garage door button. There was no response. This frustrated Corman, who hit the button several more times in a fit of rage. Still, there was no response. Kathy said, "Let me try, Corman." Kathy believed that Corman was a just clumsy and he was hitting the button incorrectly. She tested her suspicions by hitting the button gently. The opener whirred and pulled up the garage door. Corman felt embarrassed. Kathy was happy that they would be able to leave the garage now.
What is the point of view? A. First person B. Second Person C. Third Person Objective D. Third Person Omniscent
What is D--third person Omniscent? We know Corman's feeling (frustration) and Kathy's thoughts (believed).
What three things do you learn in an exposition?
What is setting, characters, and background information?
A person, place or object that represents more than its literarl meaning.
Example: The eagle is this for America.
What is a symbol?
This is the first main conflict that kick starts the story.
What is the inciting incident?
What part of plot is the bulk of the story, where a lot of the action happens?
What is rising action?
The Land of Candy spread before me. I licked my lips as chocolate bunnies bounded through the peanut butter fields. I heard the songs of the sour gummy birds in the taffy trees. My tummy rumbled when I saw caramel cobwebs spun by sugar spiders in rock candy caves. I wanted to eat everything that I saw, but Mr. Travis had warned me against that. He said that the elders would view me as a monster if word got out that I was ravaging the Land of Candy to appease my sweet tooth.
What is the point of view? A. Third Person Objective B. First person C. Second Person
What is first person?
What you have learned from the story, the lesson.
What is the theme?
When Patti got her test back from her teacher, she had a smile from ear to ear on her face. I looked at her and wondered what grade she had received. What type of characterization?
What is indirect characterization?
The author/writer reveals the personality of a character by showing the reader.
What is indirect characterization?
Life is a box of chocolates. What type of figurative language? How do you know?
What is metaphor; compares 2 unlike things not using like or as.
Vince held the slice of pepperoni pizza in his palm as the cheese dripped through his fingers. He didn't know what to do. The cafeteria was afire with slices of pizza flying through the air. Splat! A greasy slice of sausage splattered on Vince's table. The sauce splashed up and hit his friend R.J. in the chest. "Ugh!" R.J. shouted as he fell into Vince's arms. "I'm hit, Vince!"
What is the point of view? A. Second Person B. Third Person Objective C. First Person D. Third Person Limited
What is B-third person objective? There are no thoughts or feelings
In a story, this character goes against the main character and creates a problem/conflict for them.
What is the antagonist?
Hints of something that will happen in the future.
What is foreshadowing?
When I was at the beach I felt like I was a fish in water. What type of figurative language? How do you know?
Simile; compares "I" to a fish in water.
A previous event told out of sequence; takes a reader back to in time to learn something about a character.
What is flashback?
Nolan grabbed the rope. He tried to pull himself up but he knew that he lacked the upper body strength to lift his own weight. "I can't do it," he admitted as he dropped to the mat. The coach blew his whistle and screamed, "Nolan, you get up there and you try again." His face turned red as he shouted orders. Not wanting to make the coach angrier, Nolan lifted himself off the mat and grabbed the rope again. He pulled. Again, Nolan felt weak and intimidated. The coach blew his whistle again.
What is the point of view? A. First person B. Tird Person Objective C. Third Person Omnsicent D. Third Person Limited
What is D--Third person Limited?
You and a friend had planned on attending a concert in the park, but at the last minute it was cancelled due to a violent thunderstorm entering the area. What type of conflict? internal or external, man/person vs ?
external; person vs nature
The beginning of the story where the characters, setting and the main conflicts are introduced.
What is the expostion?
A struggle between the characters within the story
What is problem/conflict?
The main character in the story.
What is the protagonist?
The last part of plot after the problem is solved.
What is the resolution?
All the series of events in a story.
What is the plot?
The turning point in the story, where things change.
What is the climax?
The reason the author wrote the book.
What is author's purpose?