Literary Elements

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Nonfiction

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Nonfiction is writing that is based on fact and tells about actual people, places, and events

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Fiction

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Fiction is writing that tells a story drawn from the author’s imagination, rather than from actual events

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Drama

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Drama is a type of story written to be acted out. It contains lines of dialogue for actors to recite, along with stage directions for the action

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Poetry

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Poetry is typically written in lines and stanzas

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Epic

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An epic poem is a long, narrative poem that tells about the extraordinary feats of a great legendary or national hero

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Lyric

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Lyric poems express emotion

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Sonnet

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A sonnet is a type upon that usually has 14 lines, each with 10 syllables and an alternate line rhyme scheme. Some sonnets follow slightly different rules, but all use contrasting ideas to communicate an emotion or state of being

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Plot

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The plot is the pattern of events in a story

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Introduction

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The introduction (also called exposition) is the opening of a story where the author describes the setting, introduces the characters, and reveals the conflict

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Conflict

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The conflict is the struggle between opposing forces in a story

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Resolution

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The resolution (also called denouement) is the final event of a plot

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Theme

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The theme is the central message or deeper meaning in a story

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Characterization

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Characterization is the manner through which an author reveals the characters in a narrative

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Protagonist

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The main character

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Point of view

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Perspective a story is written in

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First person point of view

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The narrator tells the story from the I point of view. A story written in first person point of view tells a story from a character’s perspective. This might be a main character or a minor one who observes and reports.

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Second person point of view

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The speaker is talking to you and uses the pronoun you

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Third person point of view

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An outside observer tells a story describing characters as he, she, or they

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Third person point of view omniscient

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The narrator is capable of knowing, telling, and seeing all that happens to the main characters

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Setting

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Setting includes the place and time in a story

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Place

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Location where a story takes place

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Time

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When the story occurs

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Mood

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Mood is the feeling a reader experiences while reading the text

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Tone

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Tone is an attitude that the author conveys