What is the Plot?
it is the sequence of
events in a story or play. The plot is a planned, logical series of events having a beginning,
middle, and end
What is the Setting?
The setting is the time and location where a story takes place. place - geographical location
b) time - historical period, time of day, year, etc
c) weather conditions - Is it rainy, sunny, stormy, etc?
d) social conditions - What is the daily life of the characters like? Does the story contain local
colour (speech, dress, mannerisms, customs, etc. of a particular place)?
e) mood or atmosphere - What feeling is created at the beginning of the story? Is it bright
and cheerful or dark and frightenin
What is a character?
Is the information the author gives about the people in the story.
This can include: a) his/her physical appearance
b) what he/she says, thinks, feels and dreams
c) what he/she does or does not do
d) what others say about him/her and how others react to him
Theme
Is the controlling idea or central insight. It’s the main idea of the story.
What is Point of view
Point of view is the angle from which the story is told. Typically, stories are told
in 1st Person (I, me, we…etc) or 3rd Person (They, she, he…etc
What is conflict?
Conflict moves the plot forward. Every story contains some type of conflict. The main
types are:
1. Man vs. Man – in which 2 characters struggle over some small or large conflict
2. Man vs. Society – in which a man finds him/herself at odds with the majority
3. Man vs. Nature – in which man struggles against the environment
4. Man vs. Himself – in which man struggles with some inner moral dilemma
5. Man vs. Supernatural – in which man struggles against an unearthly or inhuman
force or being (ie., aliens, werewolves, vampires, witches, monsters…etc.)
What is a protagonist?
main character
what is an antagonist?
villain
what is a deuteragonist
second in command to the protagonist(sidekick)
Tertiary character
appears in 1-2 scenes/chapters for a limited purpose
Flat character
reveals 1-2 personality traits in a story and the do not change
Round character
a well developed character who can be contradictory and changes throughout the story
Dynamic character
a character who changes during the course of the story
static character
remains the same throughout the story
tone
authors attitude
suspense
creates tension, the condition of being unsure of the outcome
foreshadowing
clues from the text that help you infer what will happen later in the story
surprise ending
an unexpected plot twist,revealing a completely different outcome than anticipated
What is an alliteration?
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is a simile
a type of figure of speech that directly compares two things using words such as “like”, “as”
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a figure of speech where one thing is described as being another, different thing to suggest a likeness or analogy between them, without using “like” or “as
What is personification?
Is when you give a human characteristics to a inanimate thing
What is a hyperbole?
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
