The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Elements of Fiction.
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Transcript of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Elements of Fiction.
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The Alchemistby Paulo Coelho
Elements of Fiction
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Characters•Static Character:
•Dynamic Character:
•Flat Character:
•Round Character:
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With Your Partner
• List the characters you meet in the Alchemist
• Are they a static or dynamic character?
• Are they a round or flat character?
• Be prepared to prove your point.
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Characterization
• Indirect Characterization-
• Direct Characterization-
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With Your Partner
• Give an example of direct characterization for Santiago. Find the quote to prove your point.
• What is an example of indirect characterization for Santiago? Find a quote that shows this.
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Setting
•The setting of a story is the time and place in which the action occurs.
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With Your Partner
- List the settings Santiago journeys to.
- What time period does this story take place in?
- How do you know?
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Conflict• Struggle or clash between
opposing characters or opposing forces.– External Conflict:
– Internal Conflict:
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Theme
•Is of the story the writer presents through the characters and the plot. The theme is not usually stated.
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Plot• Is the series of events in a story• Often follows a pattern of
development made up of as many as five specific stages.– Exposition– Rising Action– Climax– Falling Action– Resolution
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Exposition•It is at the beginning of a story.
It gives ____________________ that the reader needs to know.
•It introduces the _______, the __________, and the ___________.
•Sometimes it tells what happened in the past.
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Exposition
•Ask yourself:–Who are the __________?–What is the _______?–What is the _________?
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Rising Action
•During this part of the story, the_______________________.
•Complications arise and suspense begins to build as the main characters ________ to resolve their problems.
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Rising Action
•Ask yourself:–What makes the __________ ___________?
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Climax
•It is the ________ ______ of the story, that point at which the conflict is _______.
•Moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in the plot.
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Climax
•Ask yourself:–How was the conflict resolved?
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Falling Action
•The _______ of the climax are shown. The suspense is over, but the results of the decision or action that caused the climax are worked out.
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Falling Action
•Ask yourself:–How are the effects of the climax shown?
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Resolution
•The resolution tells how the _______ _____. It ties up any loose ends of the plot.
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Resolution
•Ask yourself:–How does the story end?–How does it tie up loose ends?
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Genres
•Fable:
–How is The Alchemist a fable?
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•Bildungsroman:
–How is The Alchemist a bildungsroman?
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Literary Devices
•Protagonist:
•Who is the protagonist of The Alchemist?
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Point of View
•Omniscient Point of View:
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•First Person Point of View:
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•Third Person Limited Point of View:
•What point of view The Alchemist told in?
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•Character motivation:
•What is Santiago’s motivation?
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•Foreshadowing:
•Give an example of foreshadowing in The Alchemist.
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•Tone:
•What is the tone of The Alchemist?
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•Symbol:
•Give an example of a symbol in The Alchemist?
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•Irony:
– What is ironic about The Alchemist?
– What type of irony is it?