Literary Terms Glossary English I Academic NOTE: You will need to keep and use this glossary for the ENTIRE YEAR. You MUST keep it in your English notebook at all times. Basic Literary Terms Setting: The time‚ place‚ or weather in which a story takes place Theme: The central idea in a work of literature; the author’s message Symbol: An object or name that stands for itself as well as for something else Metaphor: A DIRECT comparison between two unlike objects
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Elements of literary analysis Plot Summary Setting Character Analysis Theme Symbolism and Metaphor Conflict Moral Plot Summary The narrative structure of a story is divided into 5 parts. Organize‚ by list or diagram‚ the events of the story into the following points using as few words as possible. (Complicated stories may have multiple turning points.) #1 Exposition (introduction) Introduces the main characters‚ setting‚ and conflict. #2 Rising Action (conflict complicated) Secondary
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hard suckers. Red Kayak is about a kid and his friends and the death of his neighbor and how Brady recovers from his neighbor’s‚ Ben‚ death. Realistic fiction means that a story might really happen. The five elements are credible events‚ authentic characters‚ real setting‚ true to life themes‚ and believable dialogue. Red Kayak has a lot of realistic fiction elements three of them. They are credible events‚ authentic characters‚ and real settings. One reason Red Kayak is a good example of realistic
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Shyamalan’s film The Village is a work of literary merit. A work of literary merit is the high quality of writing attributed to work of literature. With the use of plot and structure‚ symbolism‚ and suspense from Shyamalan provides the evidence to claim The Village is a literary merit. First‚ Shyamalan use of plot and structure can determine this film is of literary merit. The plot and structure have many aspects within it‚ such as the ending. Literary ending often ends unhappily and indeterminate
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Little Red Riding Hood: Good vs. Evil For generations there has always been a constant battle between good and evil. In society today‚ and societies in the past‚ people have struggled over the desire to be good‚ and the temptation to be evil. In one single tale we see different forms of good and evil‚ as well as how different ideas become viewed as good and evil as time goes on. The tale of Little Red Riding Hood is one that has allowed authors to write and rewrite over and over in order to
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In the short scene‚ Sula‚ by Toni Morrison‚ there are several different elements of literature imbedded within the writing. First and foremost‚ there are two main characters within the plot. There is the protagonist‚ while the other is an example of a stereotypical black woman with many children‚ overall an innocent bystander in the plot. Both of these characters are being discriminated upon by the antagonist. There are other elements in the short scene‚ such as conflicts between characters‚ and
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A Farewell to Arms – Plot Elements In the novel “A Farewell to Arms” by Ernest Hemingway‚ readers are provided with a variety of literary elements. Hemingway used these elements to tell a story of war‚ love‚ and life. Within the novel readers are given a first person narrative of the accounts experienced by Lieutenant Frederic Henry. Hemingway also used setting and characterization to help the story become as real as possible. The following paragraphs will explore Hemingway
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werewolf in The Werewolf’s Daughter and Little Red Riding Hood. Although there were similarities between the stories‚ there were also differences that made each story unique. In The Damnable Life and Death of Stubbe Peeter‚ the werewolf was known for killing men‚ women‚ children‚ sheep goat lamb‚ and other cattle which is similar to the werewolf in The Werewolf’s Daughter. The father in The Werewolf’s Daughter would eat people‚ but what makes the two stories different is that the father did not eat
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Beowulf: Analyzing Key Literary Elements When scholars or students are interested in the Anglo-Saxon way of life‚ there is only one poem that can be used as the perfect representation of the culture. Written by an anonymous christian monk around the year 700 A.D.‚ Beowulf is no ordinary poem. Beowulf is an epic poem that involves the incredible tale of an epic hero named Beowulf and his bravery‚ unsurpassable strength‚ honor‚ confidence‚ and willingness to face all odds. Often called the “mother
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The icon I used to represent the exposition is a tombstone. The main event in the exposition is Enkidu’s death. A tombstone is often used as a symbol of death‚ which is the main event. Tombstones can also be used to show sorrow‚ which is a feeling Gilgamesh is shown to have as his friend lays dying. Gilgamesh is left with the memory of his fallen friend‚ just as tombstones often do. The exposition of the epic of Gilgamesh had a deeply sorrowful moment when Enkidu dies. The gods decided to kill
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