Literary Elements Plot Plot is the sequence of related events in a work of literature. It may be simple or complex‚ and it includes what characters do‚ think‚ and say. The word first used by Aristotle for plot in Poetics was mythos (origin of the word myth). According to Aristotle‚ plot was the "soul of tragedy": its "first principle." The general structure of plot is as follows: Exposition: gives information about settings and characters Conflict: struggle between characters or forces
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the literary elements that consist within both‚ “Antigone”‚ and‚ “Julius Caesar”. Both stories have similar conflicts that can relate one way or another. They contrast as well‚ with there being different conflicts. One where an ambitious ruler attempts to turn Rome into a monarchy‚ and another where a man who strives to be an overlord refuses to bury a fallen soldier. Both of the plays “Antigone”‚ and “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”‚ have similarities and differences with the literary elements that
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ENGLISH AND LITERARY STUDIES COURSE CODE ENL407 COURSE TITLE THE SHORT STORY QUESTION ‘The short story lacks criticism and lacks form’. Justify this statement using any three stories from THE JAMBULA TREE AND OTHER STORIES. The short was said to lack both criticism and form. These are some of the many false accusations that were levelled against the short story. These allegations‚ coupled with several others‚ have been responsible for the attitude of critics towards the short story. Critics considered
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Analysis: The short story‚ "Two Kinds‚"� displays the relationship between a Chinese mother and a disobedient Americanized daughter. Jing-mei‚ a second-generation Chinese daughter‚ deals with her own internal conflict as well as an external conflict with her mother. The internal effort to find her true self is a lesson Jing-mei will have to discover‚ as she gets older. Being born of Chinese heritage‚ Jing-mei struggles with the burden of failing to meet her mother’s expectations. She was never sure
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Short Story Assessment Choose one activity to complete from the short stories read in class. All of these activities require that you combine information provided with creative output. Do not change the facts‚ characters‚ or themes of the stories. However‚ you may fill in blank spots with added information where necessary. You will be evaluated in the following categories: Thinking‚ Communication‚ and Application. 1. Make a mobile of five objects important in at least two short stories
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What are the 6 story elements? 1. Setting: The first important element of a short story is the Setting. The setting refers to the time and place that the event(s) in the story take place. 2. Conflict: The conflict or complication refers to the tension‚ the fight or the struggle between the various characters or forces in the story. It actually is what gives fuel to the story and influences its flow (i.e. its plot). Without the conflict‚ then you have no story. It’s that important! 3. Character:
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Literary Elements 1 The movie that I chose to write about is the Blind Side. What I think this movie is really about is‚ exactly what I watched. The movie is a true story about a real life event. It was about a white family taking in a homeless black boy that goes to the same school as her children. She feels very sorry for him‚ when she sees him walking in the pouring down rain in shorts and a tee shirt. She wants to help him and give him a better life. At first she has him sleeping
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Theme and Narrative Elements in the Short Story of The Gift of the Magi Stephanie Denman ENG125: Introduction to Literature LaLeesha Haynes December 10‚ 2012 The short story The Gift of the Magi written by O Henry is written as a Christmas love story. O Henry portrays a picture of a humble couple who just wants to show just how much they love one another. As the story goes along it is apparent that the theme of this story is about love and the sacrifices of love. O Henry is brilliant by
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many different literary elements to show this in the novel. In the book‚ Mark Twain uses diction‚ imagery‚ and realism along with a number of other literary elements to show the realisms of living in the South in the times before the Civil War. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is known as a very realistic novel‚ because of how Twain describes the setting and the characters as close to real life as possible. This creates a very realistic feel for the reader‚ connecting them to the story. Realism in
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All three types of literature are examples of the word genre. Genre can be used as a broad term to identify certain literary categories such as story‚ poem‚ or play. It can also be used for more specific categorization under a broad term. With these stories we have examples from the genre of satire‚ which can be further broken down into the genres story‚ poem‚ or play. All three types of literature are examples of imagination. From our reading we know that imagination is defined as “The human power
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