NARRATIVE ELEMENTS AND DEVICES

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Mind Map on NARRATIVE ELEMENTS AND DEVICES, created by Manuela CyA Games on 25/04/2020.
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NARRATIVE ELEMENTS AND DEVICES
  1. These elements are part of the story that the shape the entire work
    1. Setting
      1. Is the envirometn in which a story or event takes plan and can include specific information about time and place
      2. Plot
        1. Sequence of events in a story. Most literary essay tasks will instructs the writer to "avoid plot summary" the term rarely useful for response critical analysis
        2. Character
          1. Is the menta, emocional, and social qualites to distinguish one entity from another
            1. Central Characters
              1. Are the vital to the development of the story
              2. Protagonist
                1. Is the main character of the story
                2. Antagonist
                  1. Oppose protagonist
              3. Theme
                1. Is what the story is really about. Its the main idea or underlying meaning
                  1. Major Theme
                    1. An idea is intertwined and repeated thrugout the whole narrative
                    2. Minor Theme
                      1. An idea the appears more subtly, and doesnt necessarily repeat
                  2. Conflict
                    1. Is that drives the story. Its what crates tension and build suspense
                    2. Flashback
                      1. In literature, a flashback is an occurrence in which a character remembers an earlier event that happened before the current point of the story
                      2. Flash Forward
                        1. Is a scene that take places chronologically after the current action and shows what is to come
                        2. Foreshadowing
                          1. Is a literary device in which the author gives clues about events that will happen later in the story
                          2. Hook
                            1. A narrative occurs at the start of a story and is meant to "hook" the reader so that he or she keeps turning pages, the best hooks are just the first sentence of the book
                            2. Plot Twist
                              1. Is an suspected ocurrence or turn of events in the story that completely changes the direction of the plot from the direction or outcome of the plot from the direction it was likely
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