Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Literary Terms to Know & Use

For your chosen concept, please complete the following:

  • clear, understandable definitions
  • examples from a familiar children's story (like a fairy tale)
  • examples from a work studied in high school
  • examples from a popular movie, TV show, or other work
  • some sort of graphic illustration to help us remember the concepts (this may be incorporated with your examples)
Concepts:
  • conflict (discuss all four types)-Bryan
  • plot (discuss exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, & resolution)-Jesstine
  • making connections (discuss foreshadowing, flashback, and allusion)-Jade or Danielle  
  • point of view (discuss the three major types)-Joey
  • irony (discuss the three major types & paradoxes)-Koree
  • characterization (discuss protagonist vs. antagonist as well as static vs. dynamic characters and foils)-Bry
  • thematic elements (theme, motif, & symbols, archetypes)-Janelle
  • author's craft (mood, juxtaposition, imagery, & diction)-Megan
  • diction (connotation vs. denotation, oxymoron, & pun)-Jade or Danielle
  • figurative language (discuss simile, metaphor, personification, & hyperbole)-Celenia
  • sound devices (alliteration, onomatopoeia, slant rhyme, & true rhyme)-Adara

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