Setting
• When and where the story takes place
Theme
• Moral or lesson of the story
Climax
• The highpoint of the story
Resolution
• How the climax is solved
Irony
• Three Types:– Verbal Irony
– Dramatic Irony– Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
• Words are used to suggest the opposite of their usual meaning
Dramatic Irony
• The audience knows something that a character does not
Situational Irony
• An event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the
reader, or the audience
Point of View
• Who is telling the story
First Person
• Narrator is a character in the story
• Buzz words: I, me
Third Person Objective
• Outside narrator
• Knows only one character’s thoughts feelings
• Buzz words: he,she, they
Third Person Omniscient
• Outside narrator
• Knows more than one character’s thoughts and feelings
• Buzz words: he, she, they
Symbolism
• One object represents another
Protagonist
• The character who drives the action
Antagonist
• The obstacle of the protagonist
Character
• Someone or something in the story
Foreshadowing
• Giving hints as to what will happen later in the story
Personification
• Giving human qualities to non-human things
Tone
• The atmosphere the author is trying to create
Imagery
• Language that appeals to the senses
Diction
• The choice of words used in a literary work