literary elements
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Literary Terminology
WOCMs. Marconi
2011-12
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Characterization
Protagonist: The main character
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Characterization
Antagonist: The main character’s foe
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Characterization
Character Foils: Two characters withopposite
personalities.
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CharacterizationStatic Character: A character who does not grow or learn or change.
Billy Bob
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CharacterizationDynamic Character: A character who grows or learns or changes.
Billy Bob
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CharacterizationFlat Character: A character who is not really described or developed by the author
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CharacterizationRound Character: A character who is described or developed by the author.
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Plot StructurePlot Diagram:
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Narrative OrderChronological Order: Events told in time order.
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Narrative OrderFlashback: Story is set in present time, but will jump to the past.
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Narrative OrderTime Lapse: Story is set in present time, but will jump to the future.
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ConflictsInternal Conflict: PERSON vs. SELFWhen a character struggles with a personal trait or characteristic.
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ConflictsExternal Conflict: PERSON vs. PERSONWhen a character struggles with another character in the story.
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ConflictsExternal Conflict: PERSON vs. SOCIETYWhen a character struggles with established laws / norms.
Occupy W
all Stre
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Occupy Chicago
Occupy D.C.
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ConflictsExternal Conflict: PERSON vs. NATUREWhen a character struggles with the environment or natural elements
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SuspenseTension in the story that keeps the audience interested in the story.
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ForeshadowingClues about what will happen later on in the story.
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Plot Structure
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SettingInformation about where and when a story takes place.
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ThemeThe author’s larger message about life. IE: Money is the root of all evil.
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StyleImagery: Details included to help the audience better imagine what the writer envisions.
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Style: Figurative LanguagePersonification: When non-human items are given human characteristics.
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Style: Figurative LanguageThe leaves danced off of the tree’s limbs.
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Style: Figurative LanguageSimile: A comparison that uses “like” or “as”
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Style: Figurative Language
“Life is LIKE a box of
chocolates.”
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Style: Figurative LanguageMetaphor: A comparison that does not use “like” or “as”
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Style: Figurative Language
“Life IS a box of chocolates.”
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Style: Devices of SoundOnomatopoeia: When a word sounds like what it is or does.
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Style: Devices of Sound
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Style: Devices of SoundAlliteration: When the initial consonant sound repeats.
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Style: Devices of Sound
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Style: OtherPun: A play on words.
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Style: OtherHyperbole: A big exaggeration
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Style: OtherAllusion: When the author references something in another book, history, art, popular culture, etc. NOT AN ILLUSION.
“I see dead people. They’re everywhere”
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Style: OtherSymbol: When something represents more than what it is.
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Style: Other (Add These)Oxymoron /Paradox: When opposites or contradictions are put together; there to make readers pause and think.
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Style: Devices of Sound
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IronyWhen something unexpected happens.
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IronyDramatic Irony: When the audience knows something the characters do not know.
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IronySituational Irony: When the audience is shocked by something in the story because the outcome is different from what was expected.
Dude, YOU are ONE of the dead people I see all the time. You’ve been dead since the first scene of the movie!
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Irony
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Point of ViewFirst Person: Uses first person pronouns such as I, we, us.
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Point of ViewSecond Person: Uses the second person pronouns you, your, yours.
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Point of ViewThird Person: Uses the third person pronouns such as he, she, it, they, them, etc.
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ToneThe overall voice used by the author. IE: sarcastic, witty, serious, etc.
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Mood (Add This)The overall emotion / atmosphere created by the author. IE: happy, sad, etc.
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The End!