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Goals  I can statement/s: I can read & analyze literary elements (character, setting, plot, or conflict) of a text.  I can explain how the text uses literary elements.  I can understand and synthesize new words and phrases.   Character Objective: I can explain how I can demonstrate Leadership.

A Quick Look at

Setting The time and place where a story takes place. Examples:

Examples of Setting  Finding Nemo: the sea

Examples of Setting  A Christmas Carol: 1840s London

Examples of Setting  Do The Right Thing: A hot summer day on a block in Brooklyn, NY

Examples of Setting  Personal examples from things you have seen or read?

Characters  Protagonist: The main character of the story Examples: Walter Younger from A Raisin in the Sun Marlin from Finding Nemo

Characters  Antagonist: The opposition or force that creates conflict for the Protagonist Examples: the ocean in Finding Nemo The Red Skull in Captain America

Characters  Minor Characters Assist the Protagonist but do not grow like the main character ○ Examples: Chewbacca in Star Wars

Characters  Static: characters never change  Dynamic: characters change and come to a realization over the course of story  Stereotype: a character that is supposed to represent an entire culture due to his/her traits.

Point of View  1 st Person P.O.V:Uses “I” Told through the Protagonist’s eyes  2 nd Person P.O.V:Uses “You” Told through minor character’s eyes  3 rd Person P.O.V: Uses “He, She, It” Told through an omniscient (all knowing) narrator

Plot  Five parts Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution

Plot  Exposition: The introduction. The characters, setting, and conflicts are introduced. Example: The kids decide to go to the haunted mansion on the hill where the killer supposedly lives.

Plot  Rising Action: The conflict rises through a series of problems or issues. Examples: The kids discover that the killer still lives in the mansion, and he proceeds to kill them all one by one.

Plot  Climax: The point at which the conflict is resolved. The highest point of intensity. Example: The hero kills the villain.

Plot  Falling Action: The effects of the Climax are scene Example: The hero realizes that he or she has killed the villain and tries to relax.

Plot  Resolution: The end of the story where everything is tied up. Example: The hero walks off into the sunset…or dies. If a resolution is sad, it’s called Denouement

Resolutions  There are three types of Resolutions: Cliffhanger ○ No resolution is given Closed ○ No questions are left Open ○ Many questions are left

Conflict  Conflict: The struggle or battle that drives the story Two types of conflict: ○ Internal ○ External

Internal Conflict  Only one type: Person vs. Self ○ Example: The protagonist fights his addiction

External Conflict  Four types: ○ Person vs. Person Protagonist vs. another person ○ Person vs. Society Protagonist vs. group of people ○ Person vs. Nature Protagonist vs. environment ○ Person vs. Fate Protagonist vs. God or his destiny

Theme  The moral or message of a story.

Tone Vs. Mood  Tone: The author’s attitude toward his/her subject  Mood: the emotional state or feeling you get from the literature

Other Terms  Foreshadowing: Hints as to what is coming later in the story  Personification: Giving human qualities to non-human things  Symbolism: an object, place, or person who stands for something else.