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Elem of Literature
elements of literature
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| analysis | studying the parts of something to better understand the whole (ex: looking at different parts of a book to get a better understanding of the book) |
| novel | chapter book |
| genre' | type of book (fiction, nonfiction, biography, mystery, science fiction) |
| setting | when and where the story takes place |
| narrator | the person who tells the story |
| plot | the events in the story told in chronological order |
| chronological order | events arranged in the order in which they happen |
| climax | the most interesting point (event) of the story |
| conflict | problem in the story |
| resolution | a solution to the conflict |
| internal conflict | a problem that a character has INSIDE his/her own mind (character vs. self) |
| external conflict | a problem that a character has with an OUTSIDE source (character vs. character, character vs. nature, character vs. society) |
| point of view | Refers to what perspective the story is told; who is telling the story? |
| first person | (point of view) one of the characters tells the story (I, me, my, us, we) |
| third person objective | (point of view) the reader does not know the thoughts and feelings of any character |
| second person | (point of view) the author writes directly to the reader (you, your) |
| third person limited | (point of view) narrator writes thoughts and feelings on one main character; the author is not in the story (he, she, his, her, they) |
| third person omniscient | (point of view) the writer writes about more than one main character |
| pronoun | takes the place of a noun |
| First person pronouns | I, me, my, mine, our |
| Second person pronouns | you, your |
| Third person pronouns | he, she, his, her, him, them, their, they |
| exposition | the beginning of a story; characters and setting are introduced |
| rising action | tension and suspense build; leads to the climax |
| falling action | the reader finds out what happens to the characters after the climax |
| tone | the attitude of the writer |
| mood | the overall feeling of a piece of writing |
| symbol | something that represents something else |
| foreshadow | to warn that something may happen |
| flashback | looking back at an event that happened earlier |
| infer | to make a guess based on known facts |
| predict | to tell what you believe will happen |
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