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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Elements of Fiction. Characters. Static Character : Dynamic Character : Flat Character : Round Character :. With Your Partner. List the characters you meet in the Alchemist Are they a static or dynamic character? Are they a round or flat character?

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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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  1. The Alchemistby Paulo Coelho Elements of Fiction

  2. Characters • Static Character: • Dynamic Character: • Flat Character: • Round Character:

  3. With Your Partner • List the characters you meet in the Alchemist • Are they a static or dynamic character? • Are they a round or flat character? • Be prepared to prove your point.

  4. Characterization • Indirect Characterization- • Direct Characterization-

  5. With Your Partner • Give an example of direct characterization for Santiago. Find the quote to prove your point. • What is an example of indirect characterization for Santiago? Find a quote that shows this.

  6. Setting • The setting of a story is the time and place in which the action occurs. - - -

  7. With Your Partner - List the settings Santiago journeys to. - What time period does this story take place in? - How do you know?

  8. Conflict • Struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces. • External Conflict: • Internal Conflict:

  9. Theme • Is of the story the writer presents through the characters and the plot. The theme is not usually stated.

  10. Plot • Is the series of events in a story • Often follows a pattern of development made up of as many as five specific stages. • Exposition • Rising Action • Climax • Falling Action • Resolution

  11. Exposition • It is at the beginning of a story. It gives ____________________ that the reader needs to know. • It introduces the _______, the __________, and the ___________. • Sometimes it tells what happened in the past.

  12. Exposition • Ask yourself: • Who are the __________? • What is the _______? • What is the _________?

  13. Rising Action • During this part of the story, the_______________________. • Complications arise and suspense begins to build as the main characters ________ to resolve their problems.

  14. Rising Action • Ask yourself: • What makes the __________ ___________?

  15. Climax • It is the ________ ______ of the story, that point at which the conflict is _______. • Moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in the plot.

  16. Climax • Ask yourself: • How was the conflict resolved?

  17. Falling Action • The _______ of the climax are shown. The suspense is over, but the results of the decision or action that caused the climax are worked out.

  18. Falling Action • Ask yourself: • How are the effects of the climax shown?

  19. Resolution • The resolution tells how the _______ _____. It ties up any loose ends of the plot.

  20. Resolution • Ask yourself: • How does the story end? • How does it tie up loose ends?

  21. Genres • Fable: • How is The Alchemist a fable?

  22. Bildungsroman: • How is The Alchemist a bildungsroman?

  23. Literary Devices • Protagonist: • Who is the protagonist of The Alchemist?

  24. Point of View • Omniscient Point of View:

  25. First Person Point of View:

  26. Third Person Limited Point of View: • What point of view The Alchemist told in?

  27. Character motivation: • What is Santiago’s motivation?

  28. Foreshadowing: • Give an example of foreshadowing in The Alchemist.

  29. Tone: • What is the tone of The Alchemist?

  30. Symbol: • Give an example of a symbol in The Alchemist?

  31. Irony: • What is ironic about The Alchemist? • What type of irony is it?

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