1. Literary Devices

2. Plot and Setting

3. Plot Exposition Catalyst Rising Action Complication Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Denouement

4. Conflict
Internal
External
Man vs man
Man vs nature
Man vs society

5. Techniques
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Suspense

6. Setting
Physical details
Chronological details

7. Setting
Macro details
Micro details

8. Setting
Mood
Atmosphere

9. Techniques
Imagery

10. Plot and Setting Reading Skills

11. Characters

12. Characters
Protagonist
Antagonist

13. Character
Round
Flat

14. Character
Static
Dynamic

15. Characterization
Direct
Indirect

16. Character Reading Skills

17. Narrator and Voice

18. Voice of the Story Author: the actual person who wrote the story
Narrator: the voice of the story
Perspective: the viewpoint we are experiencing the story through
Point of view: the manner in which the story is told/the type of narrator

19. Point of View
1st person: one of the characters is the narrator and we see through their eyes
2nd person: addressing the reader (you) as a character
3rd person: told by someone outside the story
Omniscient: this narrator sees and knows all
Objective: can only hear and see; dialogue and action, no thoughts and feelings
Limited: focuses on the experience of one character—what they see/hear/feel

20. Point of View Reading Skills

21. More Literary Techniques

22. Figurative Language
Metaphor
Simile
Personification

23. Figurative Language

24. Irony
Verbal
Hyperbole
Understatement
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony

25. Symbolism

26. What Does It All Mean?

27. Theme

28. Literary Merit