Name __________________________________   Period _____  Date________

 

                                    Literature Study Guide Notes (not full sentences)

 

1.   title    ________________________________________________________

 

2.  author  _______________________________________________________

 

3.  genre  (kind of literature)__________________________________________

 

4.  setting (time) __________________________________________________

                 (place) __________________________________________________

 

5.  characters + short description:

                   _______________________________________________________

                 ________________________________________________________

                 ________________________________________________________

                 ________________________________________________________

                 ________________________________________________________

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  1. plot (sequential events in the story) 

exposition __________________________________________________________

                 _____________________________________________________________________

incentive moment____________________________________________________

                 _____________________________________________________________________

rising action ________________________________________________________

                _________________________________________________________

climax      ________________________________________________________

                _____________________________________________________________________

falling action _______________________________________________________

                _____________________________________________________________________

resolution     ________________________________________________________

              ______________________________________________________________________

conclusion_________________________________________________________

             __________________________________________________________

 

7.  conflict ( internal or external)

                 ________________________________________________________

                 ________________________________________________________

                 ________________________________________________________

                 ________________________________________________________

 

8.  literary elements  (foreshadowing, figurative language, imagery, simile, metaphor,

                                             alliteration, rhyme, etc.)

                 ________________________________________________________

                 ________________________________________________________

                 ________________________________________________________

                 ________________________________________________________

 

9.  theme ________________________________________________________

                ________________________________________________________         

                 ________________________________________________________

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