Literary Terms!

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Literary Terms!
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PLOT

• The sequence of events in a story.

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Think of the Parts of a Story like a Peak
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
Inciting Incident
Exposition
Denouement
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The Parts of a Story

• Exposition learn background information
• Inciting Incident when conflict is introduced

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Parts of a Story Continued

• 3. Rising Action all events leading to the
  storys climax
• Climax turning point of the plot where the
  conflict is resolved
• Falling Action events resulting from the
  climax.
• Denouement Aftermath of the story, where we see
  how things are once the conflict is resolved

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Activity

• 1) In your notes, recreate the plot diagram. With
  a partner, fill in the elements as they apply to
  Raymonds Run.

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Conflict Struggle between opposing forces

• Types of Conflict
• Internal Conflict person vs. self
• External Conflict person vs. person, person vs.
  nature, person vs. society, man/woman vs.
  machine, man/woman vs. supernatural.

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Setting

1. Place
2. Time
3. Mood
4. Circumstance

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Name that setting

• Describe the four elements of setting for
  well-known movies
• Time
• Place
• Mood
• Circumstance

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Theme the central idea or main point of a
story.
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Characters

• Static (stay the same) vs. Dynamic (change)
• Flat (one-sided) vs. Round (many-sided)
• Major/Minor/functional

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Protagonist main character

• Antagonist in conflict with/opposes protagonist

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Characterization

• The act of creating or developing a character.

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Two Types of Characterization

• Direct author states directly what a character
  is like.
• Indirect learn what characters are like through
  description, what they say, do and think, and how
  other characters treat them.

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Point of View

• Through whose eyes and mind the story is told.

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Point of View Continued

• First Person told by a character in the story
  (uses I).
• Third Person told by a narrator in the story
  (uses he/she/they)
• Omniscient all knowing (thoughts of two or more
  characters)
• Limited only gets in the mind of one character
  (or no characters thoughts at all)

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Symbol

• An object, character, or event which represents
  something else.

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Tone

• Attitude the author is trying to convey about the
  subject.

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Ways to Create Tone

• Tone can be achieved through what one says
• EX
• The baby whimpered softly, as warm tears pooled
  around eyes that began to search desperately for
  his mother.
• Vs.
• The baby wailed endlessly, as salty tears jetted
  from eyes that began to search demandingly for
  his mother.
• Or how one says it
• EX Students, will you take your seats please?
• -Caring, Angry, Amused, Confused

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Irony

• Verbal say one thing and mean another
• Dramatic we know something the characters dont
  know
• Situational what we expect to happen doesnt
  happen

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Huh???

• Verbal Irony (say one thing and mean another)
• A guy shows up for a date in ripped jeans and a
  t-shirt. His date says, Oh how nice of you to
  dress up for our date.
• A mother scolds her son, saying You stop being
  so smart with me! and the son replies, If Im
  so smart, why dont you let me make my own
  decisions!
• You try!

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Huh???

• Dramatic Irony (we know something the character
  doesnt)
• Pretty much every scene in a horror movie
• Talk shows when the guest doesnt know that his
  ex-girl friend or long lost mother is waiting for
  him, but the audience does
• You Try!

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Huh???

• Situational Irony (what we would expect to happen
  doesnt)
• An Olympic swimmer drowns.
• You stay up studying all night for a test. When
  you get to class, you realize the test is the
  next day.
• You Try!

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Suspense a feeling of growing curiosity or
anxious uncertainty about the outcome of an
event.
Foreshadowing hints at what may happen in a
story.

• Flashback reverting to an earlier
• time to relate an event.

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Character Motivation -- the reason for a
characters actions and decisions.

• Personification giving human qualities to
  non-human objects.
• EX The tree branch tapped angrily against the
  window.

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