Literary Elements (especially in FREAK THE MIGHTY)

Narratives (stories) are generally written to ______________ the audience.

Narrative and narrator are synonyms.

A DYNAMIC CHARACTER is a character that

Imagery = particular words in literary text that create visual pictures in our minds.

When Max talks about his feet exploding out of his shoes and he trips a lot, that means he is probably ______________

FREAK THE MIGHTY is told from the first person point of view.

IDIOMS: An example of an idiom is:

IDIOM: an example of an idiom in FREAK THE MIGHTY is "little pitchers have big ears."

The book FREAK THE MIGHTY is an example of a narrative.

CONFLICT: Without conflict in a story, that story would be very _____________.

A character's motivation is the reason for their certain thoughts, feelings, actions or speech.

CHARACTER TRAIT: Max's character traits are intelligence and gentleness.

Two examples of literary techniques that make narrative writing more interesting are

Idioms are expressions that have a different _______ than what the words actually say.

SETTING in a literary work is _____________

FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW is told from the viewpoint of the narrator, using ________.

Some LITERARY ELEMENTS are characters, setting, conflict, plot, and point of view.

A flashback is when an author uses hints or clues to give a reader an idea of what may happen next.

"Dynamic" comes from a Greek word meaning "power or force that stimulates change."

TEMPORAL WORDS refer to time.

HYPERBOLE: a hyperbole is

A plot has rising action, middle action, falling action and end action.

Internal conflict is...

The goal a writer has when writing for an audience is called _________________.

When Max calls himself a Butthead and is hard on himself, the author is showing Max's...

POINT OF VIEW is the mood and motivation of the person telling the story.