Literary Elements Test
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| show | Most basic plot structure; also called DRAMATIC structure as this is the structure most commonly used in drama
Follows chronological time and story revolves around a singular event
Plot structure that most closely aligns with Freytag's pyramid
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| *Freytag's Pyramid | show 🗑
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| *Exposition | show 🗑
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| show | Secondary characters, secondary conflicts are introduced and primary conflicts get more complicated.
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| show | Around midway through the story something is going to happen that will affect the outcome of the conflict.
If the drama will end happily, it is usually positive. If the drama will end unhappily, it is usually negative.
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| *Falling Action | show 🗑
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| show | You see the final outcome of the central conflict.
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| *Denoue'ment | show 🗑
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| CONFLICTS MAKE _ | show 🗑
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| show | Man vs. Self
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| T*ypes of External Conflict | show 🗑
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| Episodic Plot | show 🗑
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| When is Episodic Plot used? | show 🗑
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| *Flashback | show 🗑
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| show | When a story leaps forward a considerable amount of time
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| *Foreshadowing | show 🗑
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| show | a structure that enables an author to combine or weave two or more dramatic plots in a story. In the beginning, these multiple dramatic plots run on their own up to their rising events but then crash together at the climax
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| Suspense | show 🗑
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| show | the parallel plot is very effective in creating a very emotional moment in the climax among the readers because they have previously been involved in multiple rising actions.
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| show | plot presents occurrences inconsequentially and the author delivers information about earlier events. It allows the author to begin the story in the middle of a high-action point, and flash backward to provide back up to it.
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| show | Such a backstory helps the readers get a full understanding of the present events before going to the upcoming events.
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| *What are the three plot endings? | show 🗑
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| show | full resolution; reader knows the repercussions of the end of the conflict
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| *Open | show 🗑
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| show | very abrupt ending; left not knowing the repercussions of the end of conflict and possibly not even end of the conflict
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| Framed Narrative | show 🗑
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| Point of View | show 🗑
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| show | Everyday: means opinion
AP Lit: used to ID who the narrator is
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| *First person | show 🗑
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| show | the narrator is distanced from the
story and speaks with a more
impersonal voice using the pronouns “she,”
“he,” or “they”
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| *Types of 3rd person POV | show 🗑
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| *Third person omniscient | show 🗑
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| *3rd person limited | show 🗑
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| *3rd person objective | show 🗑
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| Types of Narrators | show 🗑
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| show | this narrator seems to be
trustworthy, aware of what is true and
untrue, and we believe that the narrator not
only knows the truth but is also sharing it
with readers.
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| show | 3rd person omniscient
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| show | a narrator can be unreliable
because he or she just does not understand
events, even though he or she may be the
narrative voice whom we must depend upon
to tell us the story.
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| show | perspective comes
from within one character’s mind and
readers are aware of that character’s
thoughts.
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| show | perspective
comes from within one character’s mind
and readers are aware of that character’s
thoughts, feelings, perceptions.
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| show | one relates to thoughts only while another
includes feelings and perceptions.
interior
monologue respects syntax (word order) and
grammatical form, but stream of
consciousness does not, being intended to
show “a direct quotation of the mind”
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| *Setting | show 🗑
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| How does setting affect character? | show 🗑
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| show | 1. Affect character motivation and actions
2. Reveal the nature of a character
3. Mirror the plot
4. Act as another CHARACTER; such as the antagonist
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| What can SETTING do in a text? (5-9) | show 🗑
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| show | A genre of literature in which the setting is so pivotal to the plot and character development that the story could not reasonably take place in a different location.
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| show | everything surrounding the setting of a particular story. If you don't understand the context, you can not fully understand the story.
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| *Cultural Context | show 🗑
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| show | physical, psychological, emotional
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| show | act
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| Character | show 🗑
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| show | character with one or two overarching traits; not very realistic; usually has smaller role
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| show | character that is not all good or bad; highly realistic; may make both good choices and bad choices
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| Which two archetypes are also always flat? | show 🗑
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| show | represent specific stereotypes. These characters are types and not individuals. based on clichés and social prejudices.
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| Another term for a stock character might be _ | show 🗑
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| show | universal and may follow a pattern of actions or behaviors but often do evolve during the course of a story.
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| *Dynamic characters | show 🗑
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| show | remain pretty much the same from beginning to end. While they may experience the same conflict, they do not change. DEATH IS NOT “CHANGE”
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| show | noble, brave, morally upright
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| show | In general: rebellious, often ironic
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| show | Author tells the audience what the character is like
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| show | The audience draws inferences based upon:
Appearance
Dialogue (by character, to character, and by other characters about character)
Actions -- by him and to him
Inner monologue
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| *Protagonist | show 🗑
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| show | central character that opposed the protagonist
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