LITERARY ELEMENTS by Hamilton Ismael Quezada Guerrero

Setting

2016-10-11 23:22:00 UTC

Francisco Bravo
Jenny Teran
Daniela Negrete
In literature, this word is used to identify where and when the story take place.
Examples:
In a story about bees:
the setting is a honeycomb.
In the story about frogs:
the setting was a hole on the forest

Theme

2016-10-11 23:23:02 UTC

Mario Flor
Rafael López
Solange Salazar
Martin Velez

What is theme?
The theme is the "skin" of a story, is the "big idea".
In literature, the theme of a literary work is the basic approach that acts as a base of the complete literary work.

Examples about the themes of the best stories that we know.

Movies:

1. Star wars >>Destiny and destruction<<
2. The fighting club >>Anarchy<<

Books:

Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone. >>Magic<<
The boy in the striped pyjamas. >> Drama and war<<

Character

2016-10-11 23:23:40 UTC

Espinosa Nicole
Iglesias Isaac
Reyes Dayana

Definition:
A character is any person, animal, or object represented in a literary work. It means, the character is the subject who participates in a story.

Examples:

In the story about frogs:
The two frogs who fell down into the hole.
The frogs who "animates" to the others.

In SpongeBob Squerepants
SpongeBob
Patrick
Gary
Sandy
Plankton
Mr. Krabs
Squidward
Mrs. Puff
Pearl

In Doraemon
Nobita Nobi
Takeshi Goda
Suneo Honecawa
doraemon
Shizuka Minamoto
Dorami
Jaiko
Mini-doras
Teacher
Nobi family
Honecawa family
Goda family

PLOT

2016-10-11 23:23:47 UTC

Bryan Chachalo
Joselyn Delgado
Melany López

DEFINITION

The plot of a story consists of the events that occur during the course of that story.

EXAMPLE 1

In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth and her sisters are young, unmarried, poor women in England. An eligible bachelor moves into the neighborhood and falls for Elizabeth's sister Jane. His friend Mr. Darcy also falls for Elizabeth, but he fights against it and wounds her pride. The conflict is resolved when Elizabeth realizes her true feelings and agrees to marry Mr. Darcy.

EXAMPLE 2

Romantic fiction plot examples in the 1800 include the book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The plot of the story begins when Lizzie’s sister, Jane, falls in love with Darcy’s friend named Mr. Bingley. Lizzie develops and interest in for Mr. Wickham, who accuses Darcy of destroying him financially. When Lizzie goes to meet her friend, she runs into Mr. Darcy, who proposes and Lizzie rejects. She then writes him a letter telling him why she dislikes him. He writes back, clearing up all misunderstandings and accusations. Jane runs away with Mr. Wickham and Lizzie realizes that Mr. Darcy is not as bad a man as she thought him to be. (Literary Devices, 2013)

EXAMPLE 3

In the Frog in the hole two frogs fell down into a hole, the other frogs scream they cannot do it, but one continue jumping and reach the top. The frogs realize the frog who reach the top was deaf. The screaming frogs motivated the another.

REFERENCES

Plot - Examples and Definition of Plot. (2013). Literary Devices. Retrieved 11 October 2016, from http://literarydevices.net/plot/

http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-theme-in-literature-definition-examples-quiz.html

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