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Literature: Ms. Reynosa B. Rimoro
Literature: Ms. Reynosa B. Rimoro
WHAT
IS
FICTION
Fiction
or
“not true”
stories
1. Setting
The
TIME
and
PLACE
of the story
(The “When” & “Where” of the Story)
Setting
Long Ago Today In the Future
A problem or
struggle
the character
must face in the
story
Plot: Conflict
Conflict is the dramatic struggle
between two forces in a story.
Without conflict, there is no plot.
There are 2 types of
Conflict
Internal: External:
Inside the Character Outside the Character
Plot: Types of
Conflict
Character vs Character
Character vs Nature
Character vs Society
Character vs Self
4. Plot
The storyline
or series of
events that make
up the story
The
“What Happened?”
of the Story
Plot
• The plot of a story
is where the
reader learns what
is happening and in
what order:
• First . . .
• Then . . .
• Next . . .
• Finally . . .
Climax
By the resolution,
or ending of the
story,
we learn how the
conflict is solved . .
. one way or
another.
Resolution
Resolution =
The end
The End of
the story
Example
Tim was mad at Shay. He blamed her. Shay
knew Tim would be mad, but she wanted to live
her life.
Third-Person Limited
Narrator is limited to one character.
Tells thoughts & feelings of one character
Example
Tim was mad at Shay. He blamed her. Shay just
left without saying anything. She left a note and
then left him.
Quick Fire Challenge
1. Read the following passages.
MOOD
- is how we are made to feel as readers, or the emotion evoked by the
author
- is the feeling or the atmosphere that the reader gets when he is
reading the story
- READER CENTERED
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8. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
- words to create an image or suggests an idea.
- not meant to be taken literally
- gives new meaning to ordinary words
Examples:
Their daughter is a doll.
My teammate is a snail and turtle combined.
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
1. SIMILE – is a stated comparison between two things that are actually unlike but have
something in common. A simile is easy to recognize because it is introduced by the
words like, as, resemble, or similar to.
Example:
a. quiet as a mouse ( to describe a person)
b. Twinkle, twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
2. METAPHOR – makes a direct comparison of two unlike things that have something in
common. A metaphor DOES NOT INCLUDE the words like, as, resemble, or similar to.
Examples:
a. “Even a night-time, Mama is a sunrise.”
b. Stars are great drops of golden dew.
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3. PERSONIFICATION – gives human qualities to n object, an animal or an idea. It
enables the reader to see ordinary things in a new and interesting way.
Examples:
a. The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
b. My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
4. ALLITERATION – repetition of initial consonant sounds in a verse or a line of a poem.
It is an important tool for poets. It gives musical quality and a rhythm to a poem.
Examples:
a. She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
b. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
5. HYPERBOLE - exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Examples:
a. This bag weighs a ton.
b. She’s my guardian angel. 54
6. IRONY – a figure of speech in which you use words to suggest a meaning that is opposite
of what you really think.
TYPES OF IRONY:
a. Verbal irony – saying one thing when you really men the opposite or contrary
Examples:
1. A sister walks into her brother's messy apartment and says, "I see you're still the king
of clean!“
2. In Beauty and the Beast, an animated Disney movie, Belle refuses to marry Gaston
by saying "I just don't deserve you!“
- For example, using the expression “not too bad” for “very
good” is an understatement, as well as a double negative
statement that confirms a positive idea by negating the opposite
(meaning it’s good, by saying it’s not bad)
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EXAMPLES OF LITOTES
1. They do not seem the happiest couple around.
2. The ice cream was not too bad.
3. New York is not an ordinary city.
4. Your comments on politics are not useless.
5. You are not as young as you used to be.
6. I cannot disagree with your point of view.
7. He is not the cleverest person I have ever met.
8. She is not unlike her mother.
9. Keanu Reeves is not an ordinary man.
10. A million dollars is no small amount.
11. You are not doing badly at all.
12. Your apartment is not unclean. 60
9. SYMBOLISM
Often poems will convey
ideas and thoughts using
symbols
A symbol can stand for many
things at one time and leads
the reader out a systematic
and structured method of
looking at things.
10. IMAGERY
one of the most important elements of a poem
this device is used by the poet for readers to create an image in their imagination.
it appeals to all the five senses
e.g. When the poet describes the flower is brightened; an image of a red
flower is immediately created in the reader’s mind.
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VOICE CAN BE DESCRIBED AS:
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Sarcasm is an ironic or satirical remark tempered by
humor. Mainly, people use it to say the opposite of
what's true to make someone look or feel foolish.
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- having an atmosphere of strangeness or secrecy
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Literary Standards
7 things to Consider
LITERARY STANDARDS:
1. TISYRTRAT
LITERARY STANDARDS:
2. CELLINETLAUT ELAVU
LITERARY STANDARDS:
3. VINESSGESTEGUS
LITERARY STANDARDS:
4. LAURPITIS LAVUE
LITERARY STANDARDS:
5.CEENNAMPER
LITERARY STANDARDS:
6. TYLIASVERINU
LITERARY STANDARDS:
7. YSTLE