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LITERARY TERMS

LITERARY TERMS. SHORT FICTION UNIT MRS. MCINTYRE ENGLISH 9. LET’S TAKE NOTES!!!!. READ EACH POWERPOINT SLIDE AT LEAST TWO TIMES. SUMMARIZE ONLY WRITE MAIN IDEA AND KEY WORDS ABBREVIATE WHEN POSSIBLE. INCLUDE GRAPHICS. THEY WILL HELP YOU REMEMBER. IF YOU DON’T FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS .

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LITERARY TERMS

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  1. LITERARY TERMS SHORT FICTION UNIT MRS. MCINTYRE ENGLISH 9

  2. LET’S TAKE NOTES!!!! • READ EACH POWERPOINT SLIDE AT LEAST TWO TIMES. • SUMMARIZE • ONLY WRITE MAIN IDEA AND KEY WORDS • ABBREVIATE WHEN POSSIBLE. • INCLUDE GRAPHICS. THEY WILL HELP YOU REMEMBER. • IF YOU DON’T FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS

  3. YOUR HAND WILL LOOK LIKE THIS

  4. SHORT STORY • SHORT, CONCENTRATED FORM OF FICTION. • WHAT IS FICTION? • THINK OF SOME EXAMPLES

  5. CONFLICT A clash between two opposing forces or characters. Traditionally there are four main kinds of conflicts: PERSON VS. SELF (internal) PERSON VS. PERSON (external) PERSON VS. SOCIETY (external) PERSON VS. NATURE (external)

  6. PLOT • THE SERIES OF EVENTS THAT FORM THE STORY.

  7. CLIMAX • THE POINT AT WHICH THE ACTION IN THE STORY, NOVEL OR PLAY REACHES ITS EMOTIONAL PEAK. • THE MOMENT OF GREATEST INTENSITY!

  8. PROTAGONIST • The main character in a novel, play or story. • Draw a picture of what a protagonist might look like.

  9. ANTAGONIST • A major character who opposes the protagonist in a story, novel or play • Draw a picture of what an antagonist might look like.

  10. CHARACTERIZATION • Means by which an author establishes character. An author may directly establish the appearance and personality (e.g. Fortunato was an arrogant, sick an old man.) or indirectly (e.g. Fortunato continued coughing and wheezing as he explained his expertise at wine tasting.)

  11. STATIC & DYNAMIC CHARACTERS • A STATIC CHARACTER DOES NOT GROW OR CHANGE DURING THE COURSE OF THE STORY. WHO WAS A STATIC CHARACTER FROM WISH YOU WELL? • A DYNAMIC CHARACTER GROWS AND CHANGES AS A RESULT OF THE STORY’S EVENTS.

  12. ROUND & FLAT CHARACTERS • A ROUND CHARACTER HAS, LIKE A REAL PERSON, HAS MANY TRAITS WHICH SOMETIMES CONTRADICT EACH OTHER. THINK OF “LOU” FROM WISH YOU WELL. WHAT DIFFERENT KINDS OF TRAITS DID SHE POSSESS? Draw a picture to symbolize a round character. • A FLAT CHARACTER HAS ONLY ONE OR TWO TRAITS. NAME A FLAT CHARACTER FROM YOUR SUMMER READING. Draw a picture to symbolize a flat character.

  13. FORESHADOWING • Use of clues or hints at events that will occur later in the plot. Foreshadowing is used to build ANXIETY and suspense! • In “The Cask of Amontillado”, Poe uses the trowel as a hint of what is to come . . .

  14. FORESHADOWING

  15. POINT OF VIEW • VANTAGE POINT FROM WHICH THE WRITER TELLS THE STORY. • THERE ARE USUALLY THREE POSSIBLE POINTS OF VIEW.

  16. FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW • One of the characters is telling the story using the personal pronoun “I.” The advantage is that we get to know the narrator very well. What might the disadvantage be? • In first person point of view we need to ask if this narrator is reliable or unreliable?

  17. OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW • NARRATOR IS “ALL KNOWING” (GOD-LIKE). • NARRATOR IS OUTSIDE OF THE STORY.

  18. THIRD PERSON LIMITED POINT OF VIEW • NARRATOR ZOOMS IN ON ONE CHARACTER’S THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS. • NARRATOR IS NOT IN THE STORY

  19. IRONY • CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT WE EXPECT AND REALITY!! • SITUATIONAL IRONY – CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT WOULD SEEM APPROPRIATE AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENS.

  20. SITUATIONAL IRONY AT ITS BEST

  21. VERBAL IRONY • CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT WE SAY AND WHAT WE MEAN. • “Your health is precious to me . . .” Cask of Amontillado

  22. DRAMATIC IRONY • WHEN AUDIENCE OR READER KNOWS SOMETHING THAT AN IMPORTANT CHARACTER IN THE STORY DOES NOT. • WE WILL HAVE A GOOD EXAMPLES OF THIS TYPE OF IRONY IN THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO AND ROMEO AND JULIET!

  23. TONE • ATTITUDE AUTHOR TAKES TOWARD SUBJECT, CHARACTER OR THE AUDIENCE. • Some examples of tone would be amused, nostalgic, bitter, affectionate, sarcastic, tender. Don’t get tone confused with . . .

  24. MOOD • THE STORY’S ATMOSPHERE OR FEELING IT EVOKES WITHIN YOU . . . • MOOD IS SUGGESTED BY CHOICE OF WORDS (DICTION), PHYSICAL SETTING OR EVENTS. • FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE SETTING IS A DARK, DAMP CATCOMB THE MOOD MIGHT VERY WELL BE . . .?

  25. CREEPY MOOD

  26. SETTING • THE TIME AND PLACE THE STORY TAKES PLACE. • FOR EXAMPLE, THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO TAKES PLACE IN ITALY, DURING CARNIVAL SEASON AT DUSK IN MONTRESOR’S CATACOMBS.

  27. THEME • THE CENTRAL IDEA IN WORK OF LITERATURE. THEME IS USUALLY EXPRESSED IN ONE BRIEF SENTENCE. • DO NOT CONFUSE WITH SUBJECT, WHICH IS EXPESSED IN ONE WORD. • EXAMPLES OF THEMES: WAR IS BRUTAL, LOVE ENDURES ALL, PRIDE COMES BEFORE THE FALL.

  28. ALLUSION • A REFERENCE TO A STATEMENT, A PLACE, OR AN EVENT FROM LITERATURE, HISTORY, RELIGION, MYTHOLOGY, POLITICS, SPORTS, SCIENCE OR POP CULTURE. • MANY ALLUSIONS COME FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY OR THE BIBLE.

  29. ALLEGORY • A STORY WHICH HAS MEANING ON BOTH A LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE (OR MORAL) LEVEL. • ALLEGORIES HAVE SYMBOLS THAT STAND FOR SOMETHING LARGER • ALLEGORIES ARE WRITTEN TO TEACH A LESSON.

  30. SYMBOL • A PERSON, PLACE, THING, OR EVENT THAT STANDS FOR ITSELF AND FOR SOMETHING BEYOND ITSELF AS WELL.

  31. NOTES KEEP THESE NOTES IN YOUR BINDER AND REFER TO OFTEN. YOU WILL NEED TO STUDY THESE FOR YOUR UNIT TEST .

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