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Literary Terms Notes
Get Happy!
Get Excited!Fun! Fun! Fun!
It’s Time for…
Here it comes…
Woooo-hoooo!
yippy!
Oh…the suspense…
Short Story
• Not necessarily a “story that is short”
• A short story by definition is a story that has one major conflict revolving around one major character.
Character
• Any noun that takes place in the action of a literary work
• Types:– round– flat– dynamic– static– antagonist– protagonist
Round Character
• Has many different character traits…could theoretically be a real person.
Wow…I didn’t know that…
Flat Character
• Has only one definable character trait.
• Is completely one dimensional!
Even more flat than THIS guy!
Dynamic Character
• A mini quiz: What was the nickname of Batman and Robin?
The Dynamic Duo!
A dynamic character is one that changes throughout the course of the plot
(thoughts, feelings, etc.)
Static Character
• Hint: Think static cling…
• This type of character sticks to his/her ideas throughout the plot. In other
words, the character does not change. He/she stays the same during the
course of action.
Antagonist• Character who opposes the protagonist.
• Usually the bad guy
Who could an antagonist for our protagonist be?
Point of View
• The side from which the story is told• There are 3 different types of point of view
(POV).• 1st person
• 3rd person omniscient
• 3rd person limited
1st person: told from the side of someone in the story; only get their thoughts and feelings.
Key word in identifying 1st person is I.
3rd person omniscient: and outside voice that knows all the characters’ thoughts and feelings
3rd person limited: and outside voice that knows only one character’s thoughts and feelings
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Setting
• The time and place of the action.
• Can be general or very specific
• For example…
• Summer afternoon (general);
• Saturday, June 29, 2002 at 7:30 pm in Erlanger, KY (specific).
Conflict
• External conflicts: character struggles with something outside the self.
• person v. person• person v. nature• person v. society• person v. supernatural• person v. machine
• Internal Conflicts: character struggles with something within self
• person v. self
Struggle between opposing forces; two types: external and internal
Freytag’s Pyramid
The sequence of events in a literary work is called the plot. It follows Freytag’s Pyramid and involves characters and central conflict.
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Decoding the Freytag
1. Exposition: beginning of work; introduces characters, setting, and basic situation
2. Inciting Incident: Thing that starts the central conflict
3. Rising Action: all events that lead up to the climax
More Freytag…
4. Climax: the highest point of conflict/interest. The turning point.5. Falling Action: all action that leads away from the climax to the resolution.6. Resolution: end of central conflict.7. Denouement: all action that takes place after the resolution; extra info.
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Other Stuff…
• Surprise ending: ending that defies the expectations of the reader but is logical and believable.
• Anticlimax: Takes place where the climax would be. Reader discovers that the story is not turning out the way expected.
Terms You Need to Know…• Dialogue: Conversation between characters. Advances the plot and/or reveals something about
the speaker.• Foreshadowing: use of clues that suggest what is
going to happen in the future of a literary work; creates suspense.
• Motivation: Why a character does what he does.• Symbol: something that stands for something else• Personification: giving non-human things human
characteristics. (Think Disney)
Irony
• The general term for a literary technique that portrays the differences between
appearances and reality.
• There are three different types:
• Verbal
• Dramatic
• Irony of situation
Verbal Irony:
words used to suggest the opposite of what is meant.
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Dramatic Irony:
The audience knows something that the characters do not know.
Irony of Situation
Event occurs that directly goes against the expectations of the characters, reader, or audience.
AKA sarcasm
Almost There…Theme
The central idea or message in a literary work; may be directly stated or implied. It is not a summary!!
MoralThe lesson taught by a literary work.
As Yakko, Wacko and Dot
used to say…