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LITERARY ELEMENTS. ELEMENTS OF A STORY AKA the Plot Pyramid Plot= sequence of events in a story.
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LITERARY ELEMENTS
ELEMENTS OF A STORYAKA the Plot PyramidPlot= sequence of events in a story.
EXPOSITIONThe background information of a
story Introduces setting, situation and
characters
Inciting incident
Sparks the conflict; event that sets the conflict into motion
CONFLICTMajor problem of the story that must be solved by the end. Struggle between opposing forces: external and internal.
RISING ACTION
The events of a story building suspense
What leads up to the climax
CLIMAX
The turning point of the story
Highest point of emotional intensity(for characters!)
FALLING ACTION
The events winding down in the story
Leading towards the resolution
RESOLUTION
The final outcome of a story
resolves the major conflict of the story
Terms Essential for Telling and UnderstandingShort Stories
THEMEA central idea or statement that unifies and controls and entire literary work.
Basically, the moral or message of the story.
Must ALWAYS be in sentence form. NEVER just one word.
SYMBOLSA word, place, character, or object that means something beyond what it concretely means.
EX: a dove =peace
IMAGERYCreating“mental pictures” by
using lots of colorful language that actually paints a vision, employing your five senses.
EX: The sun erupted from its slumber showering the morning with blazing shades of crimson and burnt orange.
TONE Author’s attitude toward a subject Described as an adjective: ex.
humorous, angry, delighted, mock-serious
MOOD The feeling or atmosphere a writer
creates in a work.
SETTING
Time and place of the action of a story.
CHARACTERIZATION
The way of describing characters and revealing their personalities.
DYNAMIC CHARACTER
Characters that undergo change
STATIC CHARACTER
Characters that do not change.
AllusionIndirect reference to another
literary work or famous person, place, or event.
Foreshadowing: Use of hints or clues to indicate events
and situations that will occur later in the plot. Creates SUSPENSE and prepares reader for what is to come.
Suspense: Excitement or tension readers feel as they
become involved in the story and eager to know the outcome.
IRONY
Difference from what is expected; contrast between appearance and reality. Situational: contrast between what a
reader expects and what actually happens.
Dramatic: reader knows more than the character
Verbal: says one thing means another
NARRATION STYLES
FIRST PERSON POV
The narrator is a character in the story and tells everything in his or her own words. (I)
THIRD PERSON LIMITED
The narrator tells only what one character thinks, feels, and observes.(he/she)
3rd PERSON OMNISCIENT POV
(omniscient= all-knowing)
An observer that tells the story and knows it all (almost like a God like character). Sees into the minds of more than one character.
I’ll Try not to Torture you with More Notes for a While