Monday, February 11, 2008

Wik-elements

- Genre: A category used to define literary works, usually by form, technique, or content (ie, poetry, realistic fiction, historical fiction, play).

- Symbolism: using something specific to stand for something else, especially an idea. A symbol is a person, place, object or action that for something beyond itself.

- Imagery: The descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader

- Plot: The sequence of events in a play, differs from the "story," which encompasses earlier events (multi-plot stories).

- Characters: Persons-or animals, things, or natural forces presented as person- appearing in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem.

- Setting: The time and location in which a story takes place.

- Conflicts (internal/external): Conflict is a state of opposition, disagreement or incompatibility between two or more people or groups of people.

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