September 26, 2014 - review of story elements Ghost of the Lagoon

Homework: Study for story elements test on Monday, September 29th!

Objective

I can identify and evaluate story elements in a text.

Warm Up:Today we will be reviewing all of the story elements that we have covered in this unit since the beginning of the year. We will read Ghost of the Lagoon together and identify the story elements within this text.

Author's purpose

A writer usually writes for one or more of these purposes:

to express opinions and thoughts to inform or explainto persuade to entertain

Author's purpose

What is it?

What are the four types?

to express opinions

the author wants to express his/her thoughts and viewpoints.

letters to the editor

to inform

the author wants to enlighten the reader with topics that are usually real or contain facts. textbookscookbooksnewspapers encyclopedias

to persuade

the author wants to persuade the reader to agree with his opinion, and may provide facts and examples to convince the reader.

advertisementscommercialsnewspaper editorialscampaign speeches

to entertain

the author wants to amuse the reader poemsstoriesplayscomic strips

Parts of a story

setting  characters  conflict

setting - the time and place of the action.

Characters the people, animals or imaginary creatures that take part in the action of a work of literature.

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6 common character types in literature

antagonist

round

flat

static dynamic

protagonist

Protagonistthe main character in a literary work. Usually a hero / heroine, but not always.

Antagonist the principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero / heroine.

Round characters well developed characters that change over time . We get to know a

lot about them (usually major characters).

Flat characters appear in the story, but have very limited personalities. They do not change much over the course of the story.

Static character a character who does not change throughout the course of the story

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Dynamic character a character whose personality changes during the course of the story

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We get to know characters through an author's use of

characterization

the way an author reveals what a character is like and how he/she changes / develops through the story.

Physical appearance

Speech and actions

Define dialogue -

Define dialect -

dialogue vs. dialect

What they do and think

What they say...

Other characters' reactions

How do others treat the character?

What do they say about him/ her?

Narrator's direct comments

What qualities does the narrator say the character has?

 Characterization   the techniques a writer uses to develop a character

Physical appearance

What does the character look like?

character's thoughts, speech and actionsWhat does the character think, say and do?

other character's reactions

What do others say about the character?

narrator's direct comments

What qualities does the narrator say the character has?

conflict the problem or struggle a character faces in a story.

conflict

internal conflict (man vs. himself)

A conflict that occurs within the character, such as making an important decision or facing a fear.

 external conflict

A conflict that occurs outside of the character, such as nature, a physical obstacle or another character.

man vs. nature

Some force in nature creates an obstaclefor the character.

man vs. society

A conflict that occurs when a character disagrees with societal values, laws or beliefs.

man vs. manA conflict that occurs when a character has an argument,

disagreement or some sort of struggle with another character.

plot the series of events in a story

the plot map

exposition

introduces settingmain characterhints at central conflict

central conflict

the main problem carried through the entire story

rising action -

conflict growsbuilds suspense

climax - the turning point of the story makes the outcome of the conflict clear

falling action -

eases the tensionshows how the main character resolves the conflict

resolution -

reveals how everything turns out

The voice that tells the story is called the...

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An author's choice of a narrator is the...

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What's the difference?

1st person point of view

3rd person point of view

? ? kinds of narrators in a story

1st person point of view

is a character in the storyuses I, me, my, myself, us, wetells his / her own thoughts and feelingsdoes not know what other characters think or feel

STORY

3rd person point of view

not a character in the story, but rather an outside voiceuses he, she and theycan reveal the thoughts / feelings of one or more characters

STORY

Third person point of view can be one of two types...

Limited or

Omniscient

Limited

a narrator whose knowledge is limited to one character, either major or minor

Omniscient

A narrator who knows everything about all characters - omniscient literally means "all knowing"

Holes is written in third person omniscient point of view meaning we will be able to know all of the character's thoughts and feelings

mood and tone both deal with the emotions centered around a piece of writing, however...

mood

the feeling or atmosphere an author creates for a reader.

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tone

the author's attitude toward his / her subject

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themeA message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. usually has to be inferredthe important truth that the story is really aboutwritten in a complete sentence, not just a word

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What's the difference?

topic theme

both are important ideas in a story

can be stated in one or two words

is a sentence that relates to the topic

Clues to theme

TitlePlot and conflict

Characters and actions

Setting, images and stylistic elements

Turn in your Literature book to pg. 208

We will listen together to Ghost of the Lagoon Afterwards we will go throughthe story elements found in thistext.

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