WorksheetsWho, What, How, Why, and Why Not: A Primer for Literary Anal
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 4hrs 15mins
What is Literary Analysis?
Building drama
Studying the parts of a work of literature (such as plot, setting, characters, and narration) to see how the author uses them to create the overall meaning of the work as a whole.
The finishing out and typing up of the details of a story.
To understand how a piece of literature works: how the writer constructs his or her story, and why the work affects readers the way it does
The purpose of a LITERARY ANALYSIS?
Studying the parts of a work of literature (such as plot, setting, characters, and narration) to see how the author uses them to create the overall meaning of the work as a whole.
To explain how literary analysis is used in our everyday language
To help us be able to reason correctly with the terms of how literary analysis is achieved
To understand how a piece of literature works: how the writer constructs his or her story, and why the work affects readers the way it does
What is The Plot?
The story of a piece of fiction; and what happens to make it a story.
An explanation of why things occur in order for something to happen.
Building drama.
An event or description that gets you interested in the story.
What did Gustav Freytag do?
Found a pattern of writers knowledge and how they think alike.
Found a typical pattern of plot development in Greek and Shakespearean dramas.
Found a pattern between male and female writers and why they wrote so differently.
Believed that all writing was special and deserved to be acknowledged.
Put these in order (from left to right starting at the bottom)
Climax, Falling action, Denouement, Inciting incident, Exposition, Rising action.
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What is a narrative hook?
The single key event or turning point; the moment of greatest tension.
The story of a piece of fiction; and what happens to make it a story.
An event or description that gets you interested in the story.
Building drama.
What is an Inciting incident?
Building drama.
An event or description that gets you interested in the story.
An explanation of why things occur in order for something to happen.
Something that gets the story moving.
What is Rising action
Building drama.
The finishing out and typing up of the details of a story.
An event or description that gets you interested in the story.
The single key event or turning point; the moment of greatest tension.
What is the Climax?
An explanation of why things occur in order for something to happen.
An event or description that gets you interested in the story.
The single key event or turning point; the moment of greatest tension.
Building drama.
What is Falling Action?
Events that occur as a result of the climax
The event in which the main issue is resolved
Studying the parts of a work of literature (such as plot, setting, characters, and narration) to see how the author uses them to create the overall meaning of the work as a whole.
Building drama
What is the Resolution?
The finishing out and typing up of the details of a story.
The event in which the main issue is resolved.
An event or description that gets you interested in the story.
The story of a piece of fiction; and what happens to make it a story.
What is a Denouement?
Building drama.
Something that goes wrong.
The resolution.
The finishing out and typing up of the details of a story.
What is the key question to ask about the plot of a piece of literature?
What is the conflict?
What is the resolution?
What is the denouement?
What is the rising action?
How do we grow as people?
Self-control
Patience & Gentleness
Conflict & Struggle
Peace & Love
What is the structure of a story?
What the story is about
How the story is told
The characters in the story
The conclusion of the story
What is a foreshadowing?
A shadow that is in front of a person.
A person that can tell the future.
Studying the parts of a work of literature (such as plot, setting, characters, and narration) to see how the author uses them to create the overall meaning of the work as a whole.
A hint at things that will come later in the story.
What are Archetypes?
The parts of a work of literature (such as plot, setting, characters, and narration) to see how the author uses them to create the overall meaning of the work as a whole.
Typical or standard plot elements, such as a character on a quest, the pursuit of an elusive goal, the loss of innocence, or an initiation into a new situation.
Pieces of literature.
An event or description that gets you interested in the story.
