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Literary Elements: The Vocabulary of Literature

Literary Elements: The Vocabulary of Literature. English. Setting. Definition: The place where the story takes place. Setting includes: the geographical location Ex: Wyoming, London, Australia the time period Ex: 1865, during World War II, today the socio-economic conditions

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Literary Elements: The Vocabulary of Literature

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  1. Literary Elements:The Vocabulary of Literature English

  2. Setting Definition:The place where the story takes place. Setting includes: • the geographical location • Ex: Wyoming, London, Australia • the time period • Ex: 1865, during World War II, today • the socio-economic conditions • Ex: wealthy suburbs, Depression dustbowl • the specific building, room, etc. • Ex: a boarding school, a bus

  3. Setting: Mood Can be used to set the mood for the story. “During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country” - Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher” What mood does the setting create in Poe’s story?

  4. Characterization Definition: The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. There are two types of characterization: • Direct Characterization: The author tells the reader what the personality of the character is like. • Indirect Characterization: The author shows things that reveal the personality of the character. • How might an author use direct characterization to show the readers the Grinch’s personality? How might he use indirect characterization?

  5. Indirect Characterization: STEAL There are five methods of indirect characterization:

  6. Plot Definition:The arrangement of actions and events within a story:

  7. Plot: Foreshadowing Definition: early on in the story, the author gives hints of what will come later in the story. These hints are called foreshadowing. Ex: Early in the film, Bambi's mother warns him of the dangers in the forest, none greater than man with his gun. Later in the film, Bambi’s mother is killed by a hunter. The death of Bambi's mother is foreshadowed by her conversation about the threat of man.

  8. Imagery Definition: Language that appeals to the senses.

  9. Theme Definition: The central idea or central message of the story It usually contains some insight into the human condition– telling something about humans and life. • You understand theme when you say, “Shrek is a movie about the importance of not judging people” instead of “Shrek is a movie about an ogre who falls in love with a princess.”

  10. The interaction of the literary elements (plot, setting/mood, characters, and symbols/imagery) develops the themes of the story. setting/mood symbols/imagery characters plot theme

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