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MYP Unit 2: Analyzing Fiction with The Hobbit

MYP Unit 2: Analyzing Fiction with The Hobbit. Unit Question: "What Makes A Good Leader?" Area of Interaction: Community and Service. A good fiction story will include these components: Plot Vivid Setting Compelling Characters THEMES What is a theme?.

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MYP Unit 2: Analyzing Fiction with The Hobbit

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  1. MYP Unit 2: Analyzing Fiction with The Hobbit Unit Question: "What Makes A Good Leader?" Area of Interaction: Community and Service

  2. A good fiction story will include these components: • Plot • Vivid Setting • Compelling Characters • THEMES • What is a theme? Fiction: A form of narrative writing that is imaginary, or made up.

  3. Plot is the literary element that describes the structure of a story. It shows the order of events and actions within a story. The above graph is called: Freytag’s Plot Pyramid Plot

  4. Climax: the turning point, the most intense moment—either mentally or in action Rising Action: the series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax Falling Action: all of the action which follows the climax Plot Components Exposition: the start of the story, the situation before the action starts Resolution: the conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads

  5. There are 3 common types of fiction: Short Story Novel Novella

  6. Fantasy- • Does NOT represent the real world. • Based on pure imagination. • May include non-human, animal or alien creatures, unreal settings, or impossible occurrences. • EX: The Hobbit • Fairy Tales/ Folk Tales • Science Fiction- Another form of fantasy • Real of hypothetical developments on individuals or society • EX: Fahrenheit 451 Common Genres of Fiction

  7. Gothic or Gothic Romance • Mysterious events & a scary atmosphere. • Ex: Dracula • Stormy love relationship • Satirical • Reveals human folly through wit, scorn, ridicule, and exaggeration • EX: Animal Farm Genres of Novels Cont.

  8. Plot: Conflict Conflict is the dramatic struggle between two forces in a story. Without conflict, there is no plot.

  9. Character vs Character Character vs Nature Character vs Society Character vs Self Plot: Types of Conflict

  10. This type of conflict finds the main character in conflict with another character, human or not human. EX: Anne Frank in conflict with Mrs. Van Daan Plot: Character vs. Character Conflict

  11. This type of conflict finds the main character in conflict with the forces of nature, which serve as the antagonist. Plot: Character vs. Nature Conflict

  12. In this type of conflict, the main character experiences some kind of inner conflict. What type of climax, mental or action, would a character v. self conflict most likely have? Plot: Character vs. Self Conflict (Internal Conflict)

  13. This type of conflict has the main character in conflict with a larger group: a community, society, culture, etc. Ex: Anne v. Adolf Hitler & the Holocaust Plot: Character vs. Society Conflict (External Conflict)

  14. Tolkien: • Real Name: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Birthdate: January 3, 1892- 1973 Birthplace: Bloemfontein, S. Africa • Grew up in England. • Studied at Oxford University • Fought with the French in WWI. • Later, taught Anglo-Saxon literature at Oxford. • The Hobbit was released in 1937 The HobbitBy: J.R.R. Tolkien

  15. Flashback: a scene that interrupts the action in a story to show an event that happened earlier. • Foreshadowing: the use of hints or clues in a story to suggest what may happen later on. • Personification: a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human characteristics. • Ex: The pig laughed out loud all the way to the barn. • Slapstick: crude comedy in which humor comes from horseplay or violent activity, such as slapping or fighting. Literary Elements

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