PPT-Literary Element: Plot

AP Literature and Composition Friday September 21 Aim How is the timeline and nonchronological narrative of A Rose for Emily important to our understanding of plot Objectives Learn . The Literary 3x3 is a simple and ultra brief writing activity to prompt students to think outside the plot. The task: students summarize the novel/story they have read without using specific names or events. English novel Engl2349. . Dr. Sami S. . Breem. Plot. . plot/events/actions. . Aristotle’s plot-line/structure/diagram. introduction/exposition. . rising action/development. . climax/turning point. Different Ways of Looking at Literary Texts. Types of criticism. in this slideshow. Reader’s response. Formalist. Structuralist. Archetypal . Deconstruction. Feminist deconstruction . Post-structural. The Catcher in the Rye . Character terminology. Foil: a character, who by contrast with the main character, serves to accentuate that character’s distinctive qualities or characteristics.. Flat: characters that are not developed; are easily recognizable by their lack of complexity; and are usually created to emphasize a single important trait.. Literary Terms of Dramatic Importance:. Character, Theme, Mood, and Plot . Character. Protagonist. Central character/s. Round- Develop, complex. Not always good or narrator. Follow and cheer for them. Plot . The series of related events that make up a work of fiction. Plot is what happens in a short story, novel, play or narrative poem.. exposition. Rising action. climax. Falling action. resolution. You need to keep up with your . Vocabulary Notebook. . Don’t lose your terms! You might be able to use them – . be RESPONSIBLE!!. We will use the following terms:. Character Antagonist Protagonist. Literary: anything having to do with written works (books, poems, stories…). Literary Genres. Literary: anything having to do with written works (books, poems, stories…). Genres: this is where books are sorted and divided by different topics, areas, departments, subjects or . Reading Strategy p94. Paraphrase the opening lines #1-12 that introduce the subject of the poem.. The narrator describes spring and people’s awakened desire to go on pilgrimages. . Reading Strategy p95. Short stories . All short stories have a plot that follows basic pattern. Freytag’s Pyramid. Exposition. Complications (Rising Action). Climax. Falling Action. Resolution. Exposition (basic Situation). usually. organized. . What is plot? . Components of Plot. Exposition:. the part of the story where you are introduced to characters and setting (warm-up). Rising Action:. events focus on the . conflict or problem. Element symbol is “F. e. ”. Iron. is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from Latin: ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is by mass the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust. Short Stories. A short story is a brief form of prose fiction with characters, a setting, and a plot. . It resembles longer forms of fiction in exploring an insight into life. . Literary Elements. Plot. of a novel, short story, poem or play. . What is the difference between . plot. and . story. ?. A . story. refers to the . main events. as they are presented in . chronological. order.. A . plot.