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English Grade 7
Literary Elements
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Setting - 4 types | real, imaginary, fanciful, historical |
| Real Setting | place that actually exists |
| Imaginary Setting | place that is made up but realistic |
| Fanciful Setting | unrealistic |
| Historical Setting | realistice setting over 50 years ago |
| Setting components | time, place, mood |
| Time | day, year, season |
| place | Where specifically does story begin |
| mood | atmosphere (tense,happy, sleepy, sad) |
| Characterization | appearance, behaviors, speech, reactions, inner thoughts |
| Appearance | physical desription of character |
| Behaviors | Actions |
| Speech | what is said, how it is said (slang, proper English) |
| Reactions | how other characters responds to the character |
| inner thoughts | what he/she thinks |
| Flat Character | few details; more of a stereotype |
| Round Character | well developed, many sides; true to life; personality |
| Static Character | character stays the same; no change or growth |
| Dynamic Character | character grows & changes, learns form experiences/conflict |
| Protagonist | person who solves the problem; most of the time protagonist is the main character |
| Antagonist | person or thing who works against the main character; creates the problem |
| Point of View | 1st person, 3rd person limited, Omniscient |
| 1st person narration | I, me, my |
| 3rd person limited | marrator tells story and shares the thoughts and feelings of only one character |
| omniscient | narrator tells story and shares all emotions/thoughts of main characters. ALL-Knowing point of view |
| Plot Types | Linear, episodic, open-ended |
| Linear plot | chapter books, continuous plot |
| Episodic plot | each chapter is a separate story (Winnie the Pooh) |
| Open-ended plot | you decide the ending; cliffhanger |
| Types of Internal Conflict - inside character | Man vs. self |
| Types of External Conflict - outside character | Man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. nature, man vs. supernatural |
| Exposition | setting, introduce characters, hint of a problem (conflict) |
| rising actions | complications around problem (conflict) increase |
| incitive moment | first rising action that sets the plot in motion |
| climax/turning point | most exciting or emotionally intence part of conflict-shift in conflict, character has been taken in a new direction |
| falling actions | one or two events after the climax |
| resolution | conflict is concluded, loose ends are tied up |
| foreshadow | Clues about what will happen in the future |
| flashback | looking back on past events |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| irony | twist of fate |
| suspense | keeps us reading |
| imagery | use of any or all senses |
| metaphor | comparison between to unlike objects where one becomes the other |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| personification | giving human characteristics to a non-human object |
| symbolism | use of an object to represent something bigger |
| alliteration | repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in a line |
| oxymoron | a contradition in terms |
| theme | the author's message |
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