This presentation will introduce you to the building blocks of literature and offer you the terminology and know-how to write and discuss literature like a pro. We will refer to the ideas and key terms discussed in this presentation throughout the course. Know them, love them, live them!

1. The Elements of Fiction
Building blocks of literature and the foundation of literary analysis.

2.  Plot

3.  Setting

4.  Character
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5.  Point-of-View/ Narrative Mode
 the perspective from which a story is told; the
narrator's position in relation to the story.
 first person
 third person:
 third person limited or third person omniscient

6.  Voice and Tone
 Voice A: the author's style  conveys the
author's attitude, personality, and character; OR
 Voice B: the characteristic speech and thought
patterns of a first-person narrator
 connected to Tone: the author’s attitude—as
opposed to the narrator’s—towards his/her
subject

7.  Mood
 It’s all about YOU!
 The atmosphere that pervades a literary
work with the intention of evoking a certain
emotion or feeling from the audience.

8.  Theme

9.  Symbol/Symbolism

10.  Allegory