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21ST CENTURY LITERATURE - QUARTER 1 > Literary Elements, Structures, and Tradition > Flashcards

Literary Elements, Structures, and Tradition Flashcards

1
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5 Elements of a Short Story?

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  1. Setting
  2. Character
  3. Conflict
  4. Plot
  5. Theme
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It is a person, or sometimes even an animal, who takes part in the action of a short story or a piece of literary work.

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Character

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the most important characters in the story

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Main characters

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characters that are usually static or unchanging

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Minor characters

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5
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the character with whom the reader empathizes

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Protagonist

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the character that goes against the protagonist

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Antagonist

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is the method used by the author to reveal the personality of the character/s.

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Characterization

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The characters are revealed according to:

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  1. Actions of the character
  2. Thoughts of the character
  3. Descriptions of the character
  4. Descriptions of other characters
  5. Descriptions of the author
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It is the time and place that a story occurs.

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Setting

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Geographical location. Where is the action of the story taking place?

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Place

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When is the story taking place? (historical period, time of day, year, etc.)

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Time

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Is it rainy, sunny, stormy, etc.?

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Weather Conditiosn

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What is the daily life of the characters like? Does the story contain local color (writing that focuses on the speech, dress, mannerisms, customs, etc. of a particular place)?

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Social Conditions

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What feeling is created at the beginning of the story? Is it bright and cheerful or dark and frightening?

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Mood or Atmosphere

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TRUE OR FALSE:
“Authors often use descriptions of landscape, scenery, buildings, seasons or weather to provide a strong sense of setting.”

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TRUE

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It is a pattern of events that develop from the interactions between characters.

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Plot

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A series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict. It is the main action that runs through the whole story.

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Plot

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5 Elements of Plot

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  1. Exposition/introduction
  2. Rising Action
  3. Climax
  4. Falling Action
  5. Conclusion or Resolution
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the beginning of the story where the characters and setting is revealed.

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Exposition/introduction

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  • this is where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed (events between the introduction and climax)
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Rising Action

21
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this is the highest point and the turning point of the story. The readers wonder what will happen next; will the conflict be resolved or not?

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Climax

22
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the events and complications begin to resolve themselves. The reader knows what has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not (events between climax and resolution)

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Falling action

23
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the part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict.

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Conclusion or resolution

24
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It is any problem that a character encounters in a story.

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Conflict

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is a struggle between two people or things in a short story.

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Conflict

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2 types of conflicts

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  • External
  • Internal
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A struggle with a force outside one’s self.

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External

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A struggle within one’s self; a person must make some decision, overcome pain, quiet their temper, resist an urge, etc.

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Internal

29
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4 types of conflict

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  • Man vs Man
  • Man vs Society
  • Man vs Nature
  • Man vs Self
30
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a type of conflict where one character in the story has a problem with one or more of the other characters

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Man vs Man

31
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a type of conflict where a character has a conflict or problem with some element of society-the school, the law, the accepted way of doing things, and so on

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Man vs Society

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a type of conflict where a character has a problem with some natural happening: snowstorm, typhoon, avalanche, bitter cold, or any elements common to nature

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Man vs Nature

33
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-is a type of conflict where a character has trouble deciding what to do in a particular situation

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Man vs Self

34
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It is the underlying message, big idea, controlling idea or central insight

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Theme

35
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It pertains to critical belief about life the author is trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story or poem

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Theme

36
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TRUE OR FALSE:
A theme can be expressed as a general statement about people or life.

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TRUE

37
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TRUE OR FALSE:
It is NOT plot summary. It can be either directly or indirectly stated by the author. Most likely indirectly.

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TRUE

38
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  • What the story is ABOUT
  • usually expressed in a word or two: love, childhood, or death
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Subject

39
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states what the subject MEANS

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Theme

40
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the angle from which the story is told.

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Point of View

41
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4 types of Point of View

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  1. First Person POV
  2. Second Person POV
  3. Third Person POV limited
  4. Third Person POV omniscient
42
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type of pov wherein “I” am telling the story, relating his or her experiences directly.

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First Person POV

43
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the story is told to “you.” This POV is not common in fiction, but it’s still good to know (it is common in nonfiction)

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Second Person POV

44
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the story is about “he” or “she.” This is the most common point of view in fiction. The narrator is outside of the story and relating the experiences of a character.

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Third Person POV limited

45
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the story is still about “he” or “she”, but the narrator has full access to the thoughts and experiences of all characters in the story.

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Third Person POV omniscient

46
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TRUE OR FALSE:
literature helps transcend temporal as well as geographic (and even linguistic) discontinuities.

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TRUE

47
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simply means such an accumulative process of handing down texts for future generations.

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Literary Tradition

48
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also called orality, the first and still most widespread mode of human communication. Far more than “just talking,” it refers to a dynamic and highly diverse oral-aural medium for evolving, storing, and transmitting knowledge, art, and ideas

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Oral tradition

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