Literary Elements

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Literary Elements Poetic Devices
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Setting

• When looking at setting, consider the location,
  time period, and physical environment.

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Plot

• 1. Exposition introduces characters, setting
  conflicts
• 2. Rising Action complications, twists, and
  intensification
• 3. Climax high-point of story
• Falling Action result of climax
• Denouement-Everything goes back to normal
• 6. Resolution final outcome of story

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5 Stages of Plot
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CHARACTERIZATION
Antagonist

• Protagonist The main character, usually hero of
  the story, who is faced with a conflict.
• Antagonist The character or force that creates
  conflict for the protagonist.
• Foil A character who provides a contrast
  (opposite) to the protagonist.

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Theme Let Yoda Be Our Guide

• Central Idea/Message
• -insight about life or human nature
• Stated themes themes directly presented in the
  story (directly stated)
• Implied themes themes figured out by elements
  of story and life message

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Characters

• Dynamic characters change in some way from the
  beginning to the end.
• Rounded Characters are many sided, lifelike,
  well rounded

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Conflict Struggle

• External conflict conflict between character and
  outside force
• Man vs. Man
• Man vs. Nature
• Man vs. Society
• Internal conflict conflict that takes place
  within the mind (internally)
• Man vs. Self
• Which picture goes with which conflict?

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More terms

• Foreshadowing - Foreshadowing is the authors
  use of clues to hint at what might happen later
  in the story. Writers use foreshadowing to build
  their readers expectations and to create
  suspense. This is used to help readers prepare
  for what is to come.
• Flashbacks- A flashback is a literary device in
  which an earlier episode, conversation, or event
  is inserted into the sequence of events. Often
  flashbacks are presented as a memory of the
  narrator or of another character.
• Allusion- an incidental mention of something well
  known such as a work of art, a famous landmark, a
  piece of art work etc.

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What is figurative language?

• Figurative language is language that means
  more than what it says on the surface.
• It usually gives us a feeling about its subject.
• Poets use figurative language almost as
  frequently as literal language. When you read
  poetry, you must be conscious of the difference.
  Otherwise, a poem may make no sense at all.

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Figurative Language

• Metaphor comparison of two unlike things using
  the verb "to be" and not using like or as as in a
  simile.
• Ex. Love is a rose.

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Figurative Language

• Simile is the comparison of two unlike things
  using like or as.
• Ex. My heart is like an open highway - Jon Bon
  Jovi

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Figurative Language

• Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds
  in neighboring words.
• Ex. Dressy daffodils.
• 'She sells seashells by the seashore.'

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Figurative Language

• Personification is giving human qualities to
  animals or objects.
• Ex. a smiling moon, a jovial sun

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Figurative Language

• Imagery -Language that appeals to the senses.
• Most images are visual, but they can also appeal
  to the senses of sound, touch, taste, or smell.
• Ex.
• then with cracked hands that ached
• from labor in the weekday weather . . .
• from Those Winter Sundays

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More examples of figurative language

• Hyperbole - A figure of speech (a form of irony)
  in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or
  effect an extravagant statement.
• Ex. Her brain is the size of a pea.
• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

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Figurative Language

• Idiom A natural manner of speaking to a native
  speaker of a language. Phrases are only
  understood in our language.
• A leopard can't change his spots.Meaning You
  cannot change who you are.
• Apple of my eye
• Meaning Someone who is cherished above all
  others.
• I have butterflies in my stomach.
• Meaning Im nervous!