literary devices. elements of literature plot conflict setting character point of view theme
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Elements of Literature• Plot• Conflict• Setting• Character• Point of View• Theme
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What is Plot?• Plot is the sequence of events
within a literary work. • The plot of a literary work can be
divided into five distinct sections that can even be graphed on a diagram.
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A Closer Look at Plot:What are the Five Divisions of Plot?
• Exposition • Rising Action• Climax• Falling Action• Resolution
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Resolution
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What Drives the Plot Within a Literary Work?• Conflict
Conflict can be INTERNAL or EXTERNAL
Man vs. ManMan vs. HimselfMan vs. Society
Man vs. Nature
-The struggle between opposing forces
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What Type of Conflict Does this Picture
Represent?
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Answer…
• Man vs. Society… This picture depicts racial
discrimination. It was law that African Americans use separate facilities because of their race. Therefore, this is an example of man vs. a rule of society.
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What type of Conflict does this picture
represent?
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Answer…• Man vs. Man
This 1942 picture illustrates two men in a boxing match
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What is Setting?• Setting is the time and place of the
action
• Setting includes all details of a place and time—the year, the time of day, even the weather.
• Details such as dialect, clothing, customs, and modes of transportation are often used to establish setting
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Describe the Setting Here within the next
picture…
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What is the setting here?
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What is Character?• Character is a person or an animal
that takes part in the action of a literary work
• Characters can be classified into several groups:
• Major or Minor• Flat or Round• Dynamic or Static
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Major Characters vs. Minor Character
Major CharactersMost important
character(s) in the entire literary work
Minor CharactersCharacters with a
lesser role, but necessary for the story to develop
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Flat Characters vs. Round Characters
Flat Charactersare often one-
sided and often stereotypical
Round Charactersare fully
developed and show many traits
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Dynamic Characters vs. Static Characters
Dynamic Characters
grow and change as the literary work develops
Static Charactersdo not change
throughout the literary work
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What is Point of View?• The perspective or vantage point
from which a story is told.
– 1st person POV– 3rd person limited– 3rd person omniscient
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What is Point of View?
• 1st person POV
– story is told from the viewpoint of a character in the story
– Uses pronouns like I and we
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What is Point of View?
• 3rd person limited POV
– The narrator is not a character in the story
– The story is told based on the view of a single character
– Uses pronouns like he/she and they
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What is Point of View?• 3rd person omniscient POV
– The narrator is not a character in the story
– The narrator is all-knowing or “god-like”—knows thoughts and feelings of all characters
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What is Theme?
• The central message, concern, or purpose of a literary work.
• The theme is often revealed indirectly and the reader may have to look carefully at what the work reveals about people or about life.
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What are some themes to literary works you have already read?