Literary Terms In Review LEnglish 34 Mr Shaw
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Literary Terms: In Review L/English 3/4 Mr. Shaw
Literary Terms In Review I want to review a few terms that should look familiar from last year in English. The following 9 questions come directly from our English 1 -2 class. Ready?
Objective: Answer the Following Questions: 1. What is a literary device? 2. What is a plot? 3. What is irony? 4. What are the two forms of conflict? 5. How do you get to know a character in a novel, play, or short story? 6. What is a symbol? 7. What is a flashback? 8. What is a theme? 9. What are two recurring themes?
Answers… 1. What is a literary device? A technique used by a writer to expose a theme 2. What is a plot? The sequence of events in a story 3. What is irony? It is the opposite of what is expected to happen in a story
Example Irony: Now write a different example of irony on the back of your paper
More Answers… 4. What are the two forms of conflict? Internal Conflict: A problem that occurs within a single character Example: Clip https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=0 Cg 6 t 3 w 9 Ez. Q External Conflict: A problem that occurs between two or more people Man vs. Nature Man vs. Technology Man vs. Society
And Even More Answers… 5. How do you get to know a character in a novel, play, or short story? Characterization
And Even More Answers… 6. What is a symbol? Something that represents a bigger idea (must be tangible)
Example Symbols: Now draw one symbol on the back of your paper and describe what the symbol represents
More Answers… 7. What is a flashback? When one or more characters go back to an earlier time; when a story changes time periods Clip: Flashback https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=RVd 6 Cn. KL Pg. Y
The Last of the Answers 8. What is a theme? The message that an author tries to give in a story (usually implied, not told) 9. What are two recurring themes? Love and despair, war and peace, right from wrong
Even More Examples Characterization: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=AXyh 4 d. A u. Zl 8 Next, characterize the main person shown in the movie clip with at least three attributes Label this clip Prefontaine
Examples of attributes….
Your Turn to Try Using the terms from your worksheet, tell me what this movie clip is showing… Label this clip Phantom http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Jt. YWl. Bgciw
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