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http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007845476x/student_view0/interactive_literary_elements_handbook.html - Literary Elements Handbook

 

http://cdn.scope.scholastic.com/sites/default/files/uploads_scope/SCOPE-Library-LiteraryTerms.pdf - Glossary of Literary Terms - SCOPE

 

 

 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=ffAOkGg2Lr4&NR=1 - Literary Elements - Aladdin

 

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/literature_language_arts_eighth_8th_grade.htm - 8th Grade Literary Element Resources

 

 

 http://www.storyinliteraryfiction.com/?gclid=CKTKlpDCn7YCFQyg4AodwycA1Q - Literary Terms in Stories

 

http://www.quia.com/jg/245140.html - Story Elements Games - Terms

 

http://www.quia.com/jg/39527list.html - 6th Grade Literary Elements Review Test

 

 http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/sgoldstein1/literarydevices.cfm - Literal & Figurative Meaning

 

 

 

http://quizlet.com/753685/literary-terms-for-middle-school-flash-cards/ - Literary Terms - Flashcards - Audio

 

 

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz1068229a8.html - Literary Elements Game - Interactive

 

 

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/story_elements_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm - Story Elements Resource - Internet4Classrooms

   

 

 

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/literary_elements_devices/advance_organizer.pdf - Literary Elements Graphic Organizer

 

http://www.learner.org/interactives/literature/index.html - Elements of a Short Story - Interactive

 

 

http://webs.morton709.org/elementary/RTI%20Final%20Project/Student%20Activity%20docs/Comprehension%20Student%20Activities%204-6.htm - Comprehension Activities  

 

 

 

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson800/IdentifyPlot.pdf - Plot Graphic Organizer

 

 

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/literary_elements_devices/three_little_pigs.pdf - Story Elements Graphic Organizer - Three Little Pigs

 

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/literary_elements_devices/basic_literary_elements.pdf - Basic Literary Elements Chart

 

 

http://www.quia.com/jg/245140.html - Story Elements Quiz

 

http://www.synapse-ada.com/inspiration/diagrams/theory/literary.htm - Literary Elements Web

 

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/game/play.phtml?dest=Lit_v52.dcr&width=500&height=300&ini=lesson2.ini&height2=296 - Name that Literary Element Interactive Game

 

 

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/game/play.phtml?dest=Lit_v52.dcr&width=500&height=300&ini=lesson2.ini&height2=296 - Literary Elements Game

 

 

Setting 

 

http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/litelem/setting.pdf - Analyzing Setting

 

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/setting.htm - Setting

 

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/Setting/default.htm - Setting - Romeo

 

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/setting.cfm - Understanding Setting, Plot, & Theme

 

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/plotp.cfm - Use Setting, Plot, & Theme Practice

 

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/game/play.phtml?dest=Lit_v52.dcr&width=500&height=300&ini=lesson2.ini&height2=296

Name that Literary Element 

 

 

http://www.slideshare.net/wiserjoe/narrative-writing-and-plot-notes - Narrative Writing & Plot Elements

 

 

  

 

 

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/literature/ileh-ms/ielts.php - Literary Elements Interactive

 

http://www.learner.org/interactives/literature/index.html  - Literary Elements - Interactive

 

http://wps.ablongman.com/long_longman_mylitlabdemo_1/24/6276/1606730.cw/index.html - Literary Elements Source

 

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/story_elements_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm  - Literary Elements

 

 

 

http://www.search.com/reference/Fictional_character#Elements_of_fiction - Reference for Literary Elements

 

http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/index.html - Literary Elements - Interactive using Cinderella

 

Name that Literary Element Game

Literary Terms

http://reading.pppst.com/elements.html - Elements of Literature

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/lit-elements/ - Literary Element Map

 

 

Plot

 

http://www.readwritethink.org/resources/resource-print.html?id=904&tab=1 - Plot Powerpoint, Plot Diagram

 

 H:\Plot Diagram Interactive.mht - Plot Diagram

 

http://jessicamakigreen.edu.glogster.com/elements-of-a-story/ - Elements of Plot

 

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/examining-plot-conflict-through-802.html - Conflict PPT

 

http://www.slideshare.net/caitlingillmett/types-of-conflict-5478403 - Conflict PPT

 

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/literature_conflict_language_arts_fifth_5th_grade.htm

INTERNET 4 CLASSROOMS - CONFLICT PAGE - VARIOUS SITES 

 

http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/quizzes/literature/conflict.htm - Conflict Quiz - Mrs. Dowling - Interactive

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/literature/ileh-ms/ielts.php - Literary Elements Interactive

 

http://www.learner.org/interactives/literature/index.html  - Literary Elements - Interactive

 

http://wps.ablongman.com/long_longman_mylitlabdemo_1/24/6276/1606730.cw/index.html - Literary Elements Source

 

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/story_elements_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm  - Literary Elements

 

 

 

http://www.search.com/reference/Fictional_character#Elements_of_fiction - Reference for Literary Elements

 

http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/index.html - Literary Elements - Interactive using Cinderella

 

Name that Literary Element Game

Literary Terms

http://reading.pppst.com/elements.html - Elements of Literature

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/lit-elements/ - Literary Element Map

 

Point of View 

 

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/literary_elements_devices/pov.pdf - Point of View explained - First, Second, Third Person

 

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/literary_elements_devices/pov.pdf

 

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/pointofviewl.cfm - Point of View - Defined, Examples

 

 

 

 

 

Characterization 

 

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/literary_elements_devices/characters.pdf

Characters - Protagonist, Antagonist, Foil 

 

 http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/literary_elements_devices/round_flat.pdf - Round or Flat Characters

 

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/literary_elements_devices/dynamic_static.pd - Dynamic or Static Characters

 

Character refers to a person, animal or object in a story. Characters are well-developed, believable and consistent.  At the beginning of a story a conflict is presented for the main character to resolve. By the end of a story, a character should change or grow somehow.  This could be by learning something new or by growing in understanding of self.

Ways to Know a Character

• Appearance

• how the character looks

• how the character dresses

• Thoughts and conversation

• what the character says, thinks, or feels

• what others in the story say or think about the character

• Actions

• what the character does

• what the character chooses not to do

• what others in the story do to the main character

Good characters are:

• believable

• consistent     

• multidimensional, that is, not stereotyped

• memorable

• grow or change over time

Readers who want to understand character can ask:

• Are the characters believable?  Have you ever felt like this character,  or have you known anyone who felt like this character?  What about the character seemed real and true?

•  Is each character’s behavior consistent with what we know about him or her?  Does the behavior remain consistent throughout the book?  Is the change that occurs in the character (reasonable)?

• Does the character’s behavior show that the character is a unique individual (or is the behavior stereotypical)?

• Do you identify with the character?  How would you have reacted if you were the character?

• Does the character change or learn as the story progresses?  Does the character reach a new understanding about the situation or about life?

• Is the character memorable? Will you remember this character in a month?

 

http://www.cherylsigmon.com/pdf/characterbookmarks.pdf - Character Bookmarks - Protagonist, Antagonist, Minor Characters 

 

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson961/Bookmark.pdf - Bookmarks - Setting

 

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson858/change.pdf - How & Why Characters Change

 

 

Setting 

 

 http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/literary_elements_devices/setting.pdf - Setting Graphic Organizer

 

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson961/Bookmark.pdf - Setting Bookmark

 

http://content.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/l/lessonplans_graphicorg_pdfs_settingcomparison.pdf - Compare Settings Graphic Organizer

 

 

Foreshadowing

 

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/literary_elements_devices/foreshadowing_chart.pdf - Foreshadowing Chart

 

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson420/prediction.pdf - Prediction Chart

 

http://www.readingquest.org/pdf/predict.pdf - Prediction Chart

 

 

Flashback 

 

 http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/flashback.html - Flashback

 

 

 

Irony

 

 http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/literary_elements_devices/irony.pdf - Irony

 

http://scope.scholastic.com/issues/01_01_15/Play-Drama - Situational Irony

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqg6RO8c_W0 - Irony Video - Situational

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiR-bnCHIYo - Irony Video - Verbal

 

http://scope.scholastic.com/issues/01_01_15/Play-Drama - Scholastic Scope - Jan. 2015 - the Necklace - video - Situational Irony

 

 

 

 

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson792/picture2.pdf- Enhance Mental Imagery While Reading

 

1. Critical Concepts - Dramatic Irony
2. Critical Concepts - Verbal Irony

 

 

 

Allusion

 

http://www.worsleyschool.net/socialarts/allusion/page - Allusion 

 

 

Conflict

 

 http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/literary_elements_devices/conflict.pdf - Conflict Graphic Organizer

 

http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/conflict.html - Conflict - defined - Examples

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theme

 

What’s the Theme? The theme of a story is its big idea. It’s a message, lesson, or universal truth that goes beyond the literal events of the story. In other words, it’s an idea that applies to people in general—not just the characters in the story. An author doesn’t usually come right out and tell you what the theme is; as a reader, you need to infer it. A story can have more than one theme.

 

 

 

 

 

 http://www-ma.beth.k12.pa.us/jhoke/jhwebquest/themes.htm - Fairy Tale Theme Chart

 

 

Imagery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"A Secret for Two"

by Quentin Reynolds

 

What is the main objective of reading this story? 

    You will be able to discover and explain how authors and writers use imagery or "sense" words to create a more vivid picture.  Imagery is often related to the setting of a story.

 

Lesson #1:  What is imagery?  How does an author use the five senses to help us better intepret his/her story?  Today we are going to work as a small group to "discover" examples of imagery.  We are then going to use a T-Chart as an advance organizer to help us "spring board" into our story.

    

 Directions for Group Imagery activity.

     a.  have one person read the excerpt out loud to the rest of the group. 

     b.  discuss what you think about the setting of the story

     c.  highlight any words or phrases from the excerpt that allows you to create a mental image of the setting.

     d.  NOW classify the highlighted words/phrases into sensory detail words.  (smell, sight, touch/feel, taste, hear)

     you can write your group's responses directly on the paper in the margins.  Be ready to share your answers.

 

"A Secret for Two" T-Chart    Analyzing Older People T Chart.doc

 

 

 

 

Point of View

 

"Who will tell my story?" 

 

An author can tell a story from the first-person point of view

 

OR

 

The author can use the third-person point of view

 

FIRST-PERSON POINT OF VIEW

 

A character in the story is the narrator. This character is telling the story. The narrator uses the pronouns I, me, & we.

In First-Person Point of View, readers learnabout the events as the narrator learns about them.

 

Example:

I walked home from school today with my friends. We stopped for ice cream. I had vanilla. It's my favorite.
When I got up this morning I brushed my teeth. Then I got dressed and ate my breakfast.

 

THIRD-PERSON POINT OF VIEW

 

The story is being told by an outside observer (someone who is not in the story). The author uses the pronouns he, she, & they.

 

In THIRD-PERSON POINT OF VIEW, the author can tell about the thoughts, actions, & feelings of the other characters.

 

Example:

Ted plays on a baseball team. He loves to play with his team.  He has a game next week. His coach thinks he's a good baseball player.

The princess was locked in the tower. She had no way to escape. She hoped that a prince would rescue her. Her wish came true. He came and took her to his castle.

 

 

Cinderella - Literary Element Examples

 

 

• Setting: The time and place of the story.

Example: long ago, the palace, the ball, a far away kingdom, the home of Cinderella's step-mother.

• Characterization: A person or an animal in a story, a play or other literary work.

Example: Cinderella: loving, kind, works hard, pretty, innocent, hero, cheerful, smart, happy.

Step-mother & step-sisters: jealous, mean, ugly, self-absorbed, villain, lazy, nasty.

• Theme: Message about life or human nature communicated by the author through a literary work. Life lesson!

Example: Work hard and good things come. What goes around comes around.

• Conflict: A struggle between opposing characters or forces.

Example: Man vs. Man (Cinderella vs. step-mother and step-sisters).

Man vs. Supernatural (Cinderella vs. the stroke of midnight).

• Plot: The sequence of events, making up a story.

Exposition: The beginning of the story, introducing characters, setting and main conflict.

Rising Action: The conflict develops and suspense builds.

Climax: The most exciting point in the story.

Resolution: The story concludes and loose ends are tied up.

Example: Exposition: As a child, Cinderella was happy. After her mother died, her father re-married a mean woman with two daughters. The step-mother gave her daughters everything and Cinderella nothing.

Rising Action: A messenger delivers an invitation to the ball. The step-mother tells Cinderella she can go if she finishes her chores. The Fairy Godmother gives Cinderella a dress and coach. Cinderella arrives at the ball and dances with the Prince. On the way out she drops her shoe.

Climax: The Prince finds Cinderella and puts the glass slipper on her foot. It fits!

Resolution: Cinderella and the Prince get married.

 

 

Tone & Mood 

 

Tone - The Author's attitude towards the audience, the subject, or the character

(sarcastic, sincere, embarrassed, proud, frightened - from their words, you can tell the author is frightened)

 

 

 

Mood - The overall atmosphere of a story or piece of literature.  The mood is created by the setting, the characters, & their actions.

(relaxed, cozy, romantic, gloomy, frightening - you feel frightened from the feeling you get while reading, somber)

 

 

Theme

 

THEME:
The theme of a story is what the author is trying to get you to learn- it is a lesson, a moral, an essential message about life.

 

1. What happened?
   
   Take a few moments to write down the the main literary elements: plot, characterization, etc. What were the conflicts in the work? What was the most important moment in the work? Does the author resolve the conflict? How did the work end?
   
   
2. What is the subject?
   If you were to tell a friend what the work of literature was "about," how would you describe it? What is the topic?
   
   
3. What about the protagonist (the main character)?
   How does he/she change? Does the protagonist affect other characters? How does this character relate to others? 

 

All of these lead to what the theme of the story may be.

What is the lesson, moral, or message that the author feels that you should learn by reading this story. What is trying to teach you about LIFE?

 

http://www.education.com/print/Tackling_Theme_Literature/ - Theme in Middle School

 

 http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/sgoldstein1/themeinliterature.cfm - Theme Information

The Ant and the Grasshopper

In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.

"Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?"

"I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same."

"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper. “We have got plenty of food at present."

But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.

Source: http://www.knowledgerush.com/books/aesopa10.html

In this fable, the theme is, “It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.”