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Analyzing Literature Why do we read fiction?
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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature
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Setting
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Time Place Surrounding ideas, customs, values, and beliefs
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Characters
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Protagonist main character Antagonist in conflict with the main character Not all stories have an antagonist
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Point of View
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Narrator person telling the story 1 st person narrator is a character in the story, uses I and me 2 nd person narrator uses you and we in reference to self or reader 3 rd person narrator is outside the story 3 rd person omniscient narrator knows everything that goes on 3 rd person limited narrator describes events as one of the characters sees them
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Theme
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Message of a story readers can apply to life Stated themes directly presented in a story Implied themes can be implied by the story but are not explicitly stated
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Plot
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Sequence of events in a story, a series of related events Most plots deal with a conflict or problem between opposing forces External conflict between a character and outside forces (another character, nature, society, or fate) Internal conflict within a character who struggles with opposing feelings and indecision on how to act
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Parts of Plot Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution
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Exposition Introduces the storys characters, setting, and conflict
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Rising Action Develops the conflict with complications and twists
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Climax Emotional high point of the story
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Falling Action Shows what happens to the characters after the climax
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Resolution Shows how the conflict is resolved or how the problem is solved
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Book or Movie Setting Characters Point of view Theme Plot Exposition Rising action Climax Falling action Resolution
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Homework: 10-sentence story Write a 10-sentence story that includes all the elements of a short story. Be sure to consciously include your setting, characters, point of view, theme, and plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution)

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