literary elements

1. Good afternoon!

2. Short story

3. Activity 1: Vocabulary Building!!!
Open your Kahoot app
and let’s play this vocab
game.

4. Elements of
Literary Genres

5. Lesson objectives:
1. Distinguish literary elements;
2. Identify the elements in the short
story.
3. Value the importance of the literary
elements by telling and analyzing the
theme in the text.

6. Karma
By: Khushwant Singh

7. •Who are the characters of the
story?
• Where was Mohan Lal found
for the first time in the story?
•How was the mirror in the
waiting room?

8. •“I have finished with it.”
What does “it” refer?
•Why did Lachmi’s relative
not come to her husband’s
house?
•Based on the story, how
would you define Karma?

9. •What disposition/mood is evoked in
the opening paragraphs of the story?
•How did the author present the
unexpected turn of the main
character’s fate and inevitable outcome
of his actions and thoughts?

10. •As such that Singh is
called a “brilliant
incisive/insightful
writer”, how did he depict
unhappy married life and
gender discrimination?
Pick lines from the story
to support your answer.

11. What are Literary Elements?
Necessary constituents of
a literary piece
Features of any spoken or
written literature
distinguished by literary
techniques

12. Are Literary Elements important?
Help in the discussion,
understanding, and
appreciation of a work of
literature.
Embedded, appreciated,
and understood through
critical analysis.

13. Literary elements
deal with the
What, Why, and
How of
literature.

14. Plot
•Tells what happens in the story
•Relates the chain of events
through different stages revealed
in the story arc

15. Plot story arc
In the story Karma, what is the plot of the story?

16. Character
Refers to the person in a
work of fiction and his
characteristics.
Protagonist/antagonist

17. Characterization
Gives the reader details
about the characters involved
physical appearance
Way of thinking
Feeling, actions, reactions to
events

18. Character
Resembles real-life persona
who can be complex, dynamic,
or stereo typical
How will you describe the characters
in the story?

19. Theme
Central idea of literary work that
can be termed as implied morals,
insights, or values.
The underlying truths and realities
of life consciously and unconsciously
created by the author and realized by
the readers.
What is the theme of the story?

20. Setting
Pertains to place, time,
mood, atmosphere, weather,
and social conditions of a
story.

21. Setting
Authors use sound and visual
images to describe the setting.
Helps bring out the mood or
sets forth the conflict of the
story.

22. Setting
Can be dynamic or static
Static – stationary,
still or solitary
Dynamic – varied
story world or
“milieu which
includes varied
cultural, historical,
geographical
surrounding

23. Conflict
Complication of the story
The bloodline of an effective plot
is an outstanding conflict.
Can be in a form of disagreement,
war, verbal tussles, struggle, etc.

24. Conflict
Man vs Man
Man vs Nature
Man vs Society
Man vs Himself

25. Point of View
Angle from where the story is
narrated
1st person POV
2nd person POV
3rd person POV
Omniscient POV
Limited POV

26. Tone
evokes varied feelings
derived from the voice or
inflections of a character.
include word choice,
grammatical structure,
diction, or imagery.

27. Let’s Do it!
Create your own
story based on your
own experience. Cite
examples on the
elements on your
story.

28. Let’s Do it!
Characters
Settings
Plot
Conflict
Point of View
Theme

29. Assessment
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30. Assignment
Make a short but catchy hashtag
about the lesson. Consider your
personal reflections, reactions,
and learning. Post it on you
facebook timeline using the
hashtag #CreativeNonfiction