English novel Engl2349 Dr Sami S Breem Plot ploteventsactions Aristotles plotlinestructurediagram introductionexposition rising actiondevelopment climaxturning point ID: 335989
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Literary Terms
English novel Engl2349
Dr. Sami S.
BreemSlide2
Plot
plot/events/actions
Aristotle’s plot-line/structure/diagram
introduction/exposition
rising action/development
climax/turning point
falling action
end/
deouement
Labov's
structure
codaSlide3
Characterization
protagonist/hero/central/main character
antagonist/anti-hero
antagonistic force
techniques used to analyze character:
physical description
what characters say/do
relationship with other characters
narrator’s commentsSlide4
Characterization (continued)
Type of change:
round vs. flat
static vs. dynamic
changed vs. unchanged
developed vs. undeveloped
character (symbol)
Character (representation in the real world)
Significance of namesSlide5
Conflict
Complication/clash between opposing forces:
character vs. character
character vs. nature
character vs. social problems
internal conflict Slide6
Literary Terms (continued)
themes
setting
imagery
motif
allegory
microcosm vs. macrocosm
foreshadowingSlide7
Literary Terms (continued)
symbolism
conventional/traditional
literary
figurative language, for example:
metaphor
simile
personification
ironySlide8
Literary Terms (continued)
intertextuality
text vs. context
speech and thought presentation
stylistic analysis
deixis
deixis of time
deixis of place
deictic verbs/adverbs/adjectives/nouns
social deixis
definite vs. indefinite articles