Sunday, February 10, 2008

Wik - Elements

**Identify Genre - It's a type of literature work.

**Symbolism - An object ,an event, or a person that represents a larger idea or set of ideas.

**Imagery - the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively.

**Plot: sequence of event - A chain of related events that take place in a story.

**Character - The combination of qualities or features that distinguishes one person, group, or thing from another.

** Setting - The time and location in which a story takes place. For some stories the setting is very important, while for others it is not.

**Conflict(internal/external) - A struggle between (external) or within (internal) character.

** Man vs. Man - Conflict that pins one character against another character.
** Man vs. Society - Conflict in which the values and customs by which the society is living are being challenged (usually by the main character). Sometimes the character may bring others around to a sympathetic view, or it may be decided that society was right after all.
** Man vs. Self - Internal conflict, A character is struggling with issues within himself.
** Man vs. Nature - Conflict is which a character experiences a run in with the force of nature.

**Point of view - The perspective from which a story is told.

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