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Elements
ORDER of NOTES
1: Plot Diagram
2: External Conflict (Character vs. Nature)
3: Hyperbole
Plot Diagram
• Static: does not change throughout the story.
• Dynamic: changes throughout the story.
• Flat: very little information provided
• Round: author fully describes this character.
Characterization • How the author develops the characters,
especially the main character.
• This is done through:
– what the character does or says
– what others say of and to the character
– author’s word choice in descriptive passages
Characterization • Direct characterization
– The author directly states what the character’s personality is like. Example: cruel, kind
• Indirect characterization – Showing a character’s personality
through his/her actions, thoughts, feelings, words, appearance or other character’s observations or reactions
• Internal: Character v self • Example: the character and big decision
he/she has to make
• External:
–Character v character • Example: the character vs. a bully at school
–Character v nature • Example: the character must fight a raging
hurricane
–Character v society • Example: The character fighting against
racism or prejudice
• 1st person: the person telling the story is one of the characters in the story. It is the “I” point of view.
• 3rd person limited: the narrator telling the story is not one of the characters in the story. He or she is an outside observer.
• 3rd person omniscient: the narrator is not a character in the story. The narrator is considered to be “all knowing” and can see and hear everything that is happening to all characters in the story; can tell the reader what each is thinking and feeling.
• Situational: the difference between what is expected to happen and the way events actually work out.
• Verbal: occurs when the speaker means something totally different than what he or she is saying.
• Dramatic: occurs when facts are not known to the characters but are known by the audience.
Imagery
the use of words and
phrases that appeal to
the five senses.
Genre A type of literature.
Denouement: [dey-noo-mahn]
the portion of a story
following the climax, in
which the conflict is
resolved.