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Literary Terms:

•Unlock their•Meanings!

CHARACTERS• Antagonsist• The character who

opposes the protagonist.• The VILLAIN!!

• PROTAGONISTThe main character in a work, on whom the author focuses most of the narrative attention –

The HERO!!

CONFLICT• (1 FULL SHEET OF PAPER)

CONFLICT IS THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN OPPOSING CHARACTERS OR OPPOSING

FORCES. IT CAN ALSO BE INTERNAL.CONFLICT GIVES THE STORY ITS ENERGY.

4 MAIN TYPES OF CONFLICTS

• 1. Man vs. ManExamples: Sporting events / War / Business/ Competitions

TYPES OF CONFLICTS

2. Man vs HimselfNeeds to make a difficult choice (dilemma).“Should I or shouldn’t I.”Example: Do I turn my best friend in for cheating on the math test or keep my mouth shut?

Do I join my friends and tp Mr. H’s house Friday night or do I stay at home?

TYPES OF CONFLICTS• 3 – Man vs. Nature, Environment or

Society• Examples: Natural Disasters (earthquakes,

hurricanes, tornadoes, etc.), flood, weather, etc.

• Others – Prejudice, Racism, the Economy

TYPES OF CONFLICTS

• 4. Man vs. Technology / Machine / Future

• Examples: Man / Society struggles with advancement in technology.

• Gov’t spies on its citizens claiming it is necessary to keep them safe from terrorist attacks.

• Some people unemployed as technology makes their jobs obsolete.

CLIMAX• Comes from Greek

word meaning ladder.

• The story’s most emotional or suspenseful moment. The point at which the story’s

main conflict is resolved or decided.

D I A L E C T• “Hey y’all!” Let’s git

some grub.”• Way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or a particular group of people

• May have a distinct vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar

FLASHBACK• Scene in a movie, novel, short story,

etc. that interrupts the present action of the plot to flash backward & tell what happened at an earlier time.

Foreshadowing

When the author drops hints of what is to come later in the story.

Used to help build suspense!

Flashback vs Foreshadowing

Do you know the difference?

TYPE of Irony

VERBAL IRONY• Discrepancy between what is said and what is

meant.Example: Telling a sick person, “You look great!”

• Example: After getting in a car accident and saying, “Lucky me.”

DRAMATIC IRONY• When the reader knows something that a

character does not know.

• Example: The reader / audience knows the killer is in the closet waiting to pounce but the young girl doesn’t know the danger she is in.

SITUATIONAL

IRONY

• Example: Bank robbers have their get away car stolen while they are holding up the Wells Fargo.

When an event

happens that is

the opposite of

what the

reader expects.

P l O T

(Leave an entire page. We will revisit)

Point of View (POV)• Three

•Main

•Types

1st Person Point of View

• Author is one of characters telling the story.

• Uses first person – I

• Can only know what character knows & observes.

3rd Person LIMITED!!Author uses third person (he / she / it).

The narrator seems to be someone standing outside the story.

The narrator reports speech and action, but never comments on the thoughts of other characters.

3rd Person Omniscient• All Knowing

• Told in 3rd person (he/ she/it)

• Knowledge and abilities are unlimited

• Knows feelings, thoughts and motives of

characters.

• Think backstage pass at a concert. Can go

anywhere.

• WHERE & WHEN A STORY TAKES PLACE!

• OR AS SOME LIKE TO SAY• TIME & PLACE

• Constantly think – Why is the setting important to this story or how does the

setting influence this story?

S E T T I N G

SUSPENSE• Suspense is a state of uncertainty, anxiety

and curiosity as to the outcome of a story. The emotional tension resulting from the reader’s desire to know, “What will happen next?”

Symbolism

• A person, place, or thing stands for or symbolizes something else.

• Example: Red, White & Blue = Patriotic• Example: Red rose = Love

T H E M E• Theme - The central

idea or purpose of a work of literature.

It is the meaningful lesson about life that is either stated or implied (inferred).

T O N E & M O O D• TONE – The author’s• attitude towards a topic.• Often expressed through• words & details.

• MOOD – How the writer’s work makes the reader feel.