Literary Elements

Setting

• The time and place in which a story takes place
• Geographic location
• Time- past, present, future
• Weather conditions
• Does the setting affect the mood of the story?

PLOT

5 Elements of plot

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action
• Resolution

Exposition

• The beginning of the story
• Introduces the characters
• Establishes the setting
• May provide relevant background information

Rising Action

• Complications are introduced.
• The conflict is revealed and intensifies.

Climax

• The turning point 
• The point of no return- the highest action. The "oh snap" moment.

Falling Action

• The complications begin to resolve themselves.
• The plot slows down and moves towards closure.
• Shortest part of the plot structure.

Resolution

• The final outcome or untangling of events.

Conflict

Conflict

• The opposition of forces
• There may be one- short story....or many in a novel.
• ESSENTIAL!!

Two Types of Conflict

Internal Conflict

• A struggle within one's self.
• A decision must be made:
• To overcome pain.
• To quiet the mind.
• To resist something

External Conflict

• A struggle with an outside force
• Weather/ Nature
• Another character
• Circumstances

Kinds of Conflict

Man vs. Man

• a physical conflict
• external
• character vs. other character

Man vs. Circumstances

• character vs. fate

Man vs. Society

• character vs. ideas of society
• vs. customs and practices
• discrimination is an example

Man vs. Self

• character vs. his/her soul
• vs. ideas of right and wrong
• physical limitations
• choices

Character

Character

• The person in a work of fiction.
• the moral characteristics of a person.

protagonist

antagonist

Characterization

Direct Characterization

• Narrator speaks directly about character

Indirect Characterization

• physical appearance
• what character thinks, says
• character's actions
• what others say about character

Point of View

First Person P.O.V

• told by the protagonist
• or another character
• uses pronouns like I, we, me

Third Person

• Omniscient- all knowing
• Limited

Theme

How to Determine Theme

• Does the title have meaning?
• What does the main character learn about life?
• symbols, allusion, simile, irony
• What does the conflict reveal about life?

irony

3 types of irony

• Verbal
• Situational
• Dramatic

Plot Diagram

Symbolism

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