LESSON 1 4.

Meter (Rhythm being established by

Introduction of Literary Genres a poem)
5. Rhyme (Words with same ending)
6. Figurative Language
Literature
- Simile
- Comes from the Latin word
- Metaphor
Literatura (learned, literate, learning
- Hyperbole
from literatus).
- Idiom
- Both oral and written
- Personification
Characteristics
7. Connotation (Word association)
- Expressive, Imaginative
8. Denotation (Dictionary Meaning)
- Nobility of thoughts
9. Repetition (Author repeats a word,
- Universality
line or phrase)
- Timelessness
10. Alliteration (Words with same
beginning sound)
Four Major Literary Genres
11. Imagery (Sight, Touch, Smell,
Sound, Taste)
1. Poetry
12. Irony (Difference between the way
- Narrative
something appears and what is
- Lyric
actually true)
- Dramatic
13. Voice of P.O.V
14. Assonance (Words with same
2. Fiction
middle sound)
- Short Story
15. Form (Ballad, Free Verse, Sonnet)
- Novel
16. Stanza (Division of lines into groups)
- Novelette
17. Word Order (Author varieties word
order for meaning and effect)
3. Drama
18. Onomatopoeia (words formed by
- Plays
imitating the sound they make)
- Tragedy
- Dramatic HIstory
Elements of Fiction
● Setting, Theme, Character, Conflict,
4. Non-Fiction
Plot, Point of View
- Essays
- Biographies, Autobiographies
Elements of Drama
- Travelogue
● Drama, Actors, Script, Acts, Scenes,
- Testimonio
Dialogue, Monologue, Theater,
- Reportage
Props
Elements of Poetry
Elements of Nonfiction
● Facts, Author Point of View, Mood,
1. Mood (Reader’s Feelings)
Author’s Style
2. Tone (Author’s Feelings)
3. Symbolism (Representation)
Features of Nonfiction Common Literary Techniques
1. Title 1. Imagery
2. Title Page 2. Simile and Metaphor
3. Table of Contents 3. Hyperbole
4. Index 4. Personification
5. Glossary 5. Alliteration
6. Heading 6. Allegory (When abstract ideas are
7. Photograph given a form of characters, actions,
8. Illustration or events.)
9. Caption 7. Irony
10. Labels
11. Graph Function of Literary Devices
12. Table 1. Compare the work of one writer to
another.
LESSON 2 2. Beautify the piece to give deeper
meaning.
Literary devices Vs. Literary
3. Testing readers.
Techniques 4. Motivating readers.

Difference of Literary Elements, Devices,

and Techniques
Lesson 3
Literary Devices (Elements and
1. Literary Devices/Techniques Techniques of Fiction)
(Typical structures used to convey
author’s message) Literary Devices of Fiction
2. Literary Elements (used by the - Setting, Plot, Character, Conflict,
reader to analyze and understand Point of View, Theme, Mood,
any work of literature) Dialogue
- Rhetorical Devices, Flashback,
Two Kinds of Literary Devices Foreshadowing, Figurative
● Literary elements, Literary Language, Sensory Details, Allusion
Techniques
Types of Characters (Element)
Common Literary Elements 1. Dynamic Character - A character
1. Plot that changes.
2. Setting 2. Static Character - A character who
3. Protagonist remains the same.
4. Antagonist 3. Round Character - Well developed
5. Narrator character who demonstrates varied
6. Narrative Method and sometimes contradictory traits.
7. Dialogue 4. Flat Character - Relatively
8. Conflict uncomplicated character
9. Mood Stock Character - Flat character who
10. Theme is instantly recognizable
(Stereotypical).
 - Unreliable Narrator - The reader
questions or seeks to qualify the
statements of fact and judgment.
5. Protagonist - Main character
6. Antagonist - Opposition of the
protagonist.
7. Character Foil - Secondary
character who highlights the
protagonist’s personality.

Types of Conflict
1. Character Vs. Character
2. Character Vs. Nature
3. Character Vs. Society
4. Character Vs. Self

Characterization
- Representation by the author of the
character through direct description.
(External Characterization)
- Representation from within a
character, without comment by the
author. (Internal Characterization)

Character Development

Internal Character External Character

Development Development

- Feelings - Actions
- Thoughts - Relationship
- Emotions s
- Dialogues

Character Motivation
- Reasons, justifications, and
explanations for the action of a
character.

Point of View - Narrator

- Reliable Narrator - The reader
accepts the statements of fact and
judgment without question.