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Elements of Narrative

or, "Everything your English teacher will ask you about in the future for every book you read"
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Conflict:
There are four types of literary conflict.
(See Literary Conflict presentation.)

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Without conflict there can be no story or plot.

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Plot:
a series of incidents that are related to one another, what happens in a story, includes 5 stages (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution)

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Theme: the important lesson, moral, or teaching we gain from looking closely at the characters' actions, as well as the events and outcomes of the story

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Character: the people, animals, or imaginary creatures that take part in a story

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Characterization: the process a writer uses to create and develop a character, and gives the reader details about a character's actions, thoughts, words, relationships and emotions

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Symbol or symbolism: when an author presents an object that alludes to some other meaning than what it is.

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In other words, an object that means more than what it ordinarily does.

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Tone: how writers reveal attitudes or feelings through their use of language and description

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Point of View: the perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told. Who is telling the story affects how it is told.

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Setting: the time and place of the action of a story, where and when it happens

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Imagery: words that create an image in the reader's mind that allow us to see what is not directly stated in the text, writing that shows instead of tells

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