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Fairy Tale Notes

Fairy Tale Notes. Literary Terms. 1. Plot : The sequence of events in a literary work. 1a. Exposition : introduces the setting, characters, and basic situation. 1b. Initial Incident : introduces the central conflict 1c. Climax : highest point of interest or suspense

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Fairy Tale Notes

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  1. Fairy Tale Notes Literary Terms

  2. 1. Plot: The sequence of events in a literary work • 1a. Exposition: introduces the setting, characters, and basic situation. • 1b. Initial Incident: introduces the central conflict • 1c. Climax: highest point of interest or suspense • 1d. Falling Action: events leading to the end • 1e. Resolution: ending of the central conflict

  3. Plot Diagram Climax Rising Action Falling Action Exposition Initial Incident Resolution

  4. 2. Genre • A category or type of literature • 3 Major types: poetry, prose and drama

  5. 3. Fiction • Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters or events

  6. 4. Character: a person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work • 4a. Dynamic Character: develops or grows during the course of the story • 4b. Static Character: Character that does not change

  7. 5. Setting • The time and place of the action • Geographic location • As well as the social, economic or cultural conditions

  8. 6. Theme • A central message or insight revealed through the literary work. It is a generalization about people or life.

  9. 7. Imagery • ***We know this!*** So you tell me… What’s imagery?

  10. 8. Conflict • a struggle between two opposing forces

  11. 9. Foreshadowing • The use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur. This helps to create suspense

  12. 10. Suspense • A feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work

  13. 11. Irony • Portrays the differences between appearance and reality; expectation and result; or meaning and intention

  14. 12. Simile • A comparison between two unlike things using like or as

  15. 13. Metaphor • A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as

  16. 14. Denotation • The literal or dictionary meaning of a word

  17. 15. Connotation • Interpretation of a word beyond its dictionary meaning

  18. 16. Allusion • Statement making reference to a person, place, event or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, etc.

  19. 17. Symbol • Anything that stands for or represents itself and something beyond itself. It has its own meaning, but it also represents abstract ideas.

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