Tone
Tone in literature refers to the author’s attitude toward the audience or the subject of the story. Through an author's diction (word choice), readers can determine the tone. Tone often reveals itself through narrative details. The tone of a story is always described using an adjective.
Plot
Here's a short video to help you understand how the plot develops a story. It compares the plot to a roller coaster ride which can take many different turns.
Setting
Flocabulary explains setting using a hip-hop music. The video shares how time and place can do more than just give context. Students will learn to pay attention to “the where” and “the when” as they read and make inferences about a text.
Characterization
In this short video, students will learn the basics of characterization. Students will be introduced to direct and indirect characterization, as well as learning a mnemonic to better remember how to identify indirect characterization in fiction texts.
Conflict
All stories include conflict. There is external conflict (person vs person; person vs nature; person vs society) and internal conflict (person vs self). Learn more from this video created by BrainPop.
Theme
This video from Khan Academy helps you understand how themes are understood and developed through literature. A theme is an important idea that is woven throughout a story. It’s not the plot or the summary, but something a little deeper. A theme links a big idea about our world with the action of a text.
Streams of Consciousness
"Stream of consciousness is a narrative style that tries to capture a character’s thought process in a realistic way. It’s an interior monologue, but it’s also more than that. Because it’s mimicking the non-linear way our brains work, stream-of-consciousness narration includes a lot of free ..."-Liz Delf