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Literary definitions

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

LITERARY DEFINITIONS

BY: SYDNIE COCKERHAM
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Plot: The series of events in a narrative

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Setting: The time & place in which the event takes place

Rising Action: The events leading up to the climax

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Climax: The most intense part of the story

Falling Action: The events leading away from the climax

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Resolution: The story is over and everything just kinda falls into place

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Tone: The mood in which the narrator has when telling a story

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Theme: The main idea of the story or "a lesson learned""

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Irony: Surprising or unexpected or something that you wouldn't expect

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Point of View: The position of the narrator in the story

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Foreshadowing: Giving hints to what is coming up in the book

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Conflict: The problems in the story, it could be an internal conflict or an external conflict

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Figurative Language: A language that has to be thought about, not to be taken literally

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