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Elements of Literature: Think like a Reader and Writer

Elements of Literature: Think like a Reader and Writer. Genre. Genres are the categories in which literature can be classified. Science fiction Fantasy Historical Fiction Mystery Traditional Literature. Protagonist and Antagonist. The protagonist is the main character in the story.

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Elements of Literature: Think like a Reader and Writer

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  1. Elements of Literature:Think like a Reader and Writer

  2. Genre • Genres are the categories in which literature can be classified. • Science fiction • Fantasy • Historical Fiction • Mystery • Traditional Literature

  3. Protagonist and Antagonist • The protagonist is the main character in the story. • The antagonist is the character or force working against the main character.

  4. Traditional Literature Character Types • Magic Helper • The Wise Sage • The Trickster • The Fool

  5. Dialogue and Dialect • Dialogue is when characters are speaking. • Dialect is the specific way characters speak. • Authors use dialect to make characters more realistic for the reader.

  6. Point of View • Point of View is the perspective from which the events in the story are told. • 1st Person: The narrator is a character in the story. • 3rd Person Limited: The narrator is not a character in the story, but is able to reveal the thoughts and feelings of one character in the story. • 3rd Person Omniscient: The narrator is not a character in the story, but describes the thoughts, feelings, and actions of many characters in the story.

  7. Setting • The setting is where and when parts of the story take place. (Culture and time period can be very important.)

  8. Conflict • A conflict happens when two opposing forces meet. • Authors use conflict to move the plot forward and sometimes reveal the theme. • Internal Conflict : • Person vs. Self • External Conflict: • Person vs. Person • Person vs. Nature • Person vs. Society

  9. Plot • The plot is the basic sequence of events in a story. • Plot patterns include these parts: • Exposition: the beginning of the story • Rising Action: conflicts/complications in the story are introduced and possibly resolved. • Climax: the main conflict reaches peak tension and is resolved • Denouement (Falling Action and Resolution): The story is wrapped up.

  10. Plot Diagram

  11. Symbolism • The use of symbols to represent important ideas in the story.

  12. Theme • The central message or idea in a work of fiction. Stranger Danger!

  13. Common Plot Patterns • The Hero’s Journey • Rags to Riches

  14. Turning Points • A minor turning point happens when an event in the story changes the direction of the story. • Example: When Harry Potter decides to go to school at Hogwarts. • The climax of a story is the major turning point.

  15. Flashback • Interruptions in the story’s sequence of events which take the reader back to an earlier time. • A flashback allows the reader to understand something that happened in the past.

  16. Foreshadowing • Clues that the author gives you about what is going to happen later in the story

  17. Mood • Mood is the atmosphere or feeling created by the writer using imagery, word choice, setting, voice, theme, etc.

  18. The Rule of 3 or 7 • Things grouped in 3 or 7 create a more memorable and satisfying pattern. • Characters, events, words or phrases, objects . . .

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