ELEMENTS OF ELEMENTS OF FICTIONFICTION

You will be required to take notes, and turn in written responses that are included in the presentation.

Prepared for you by:

Mrs. Viens

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What Are Some What Are Some Narrative Narrative

Elements ??Elements ??•Foreshadowing•Characterization

•Setting•Theme•Conflict

•Plot

Response Response Time:Time:Using your novel, provide an

example and a brief explanation to how Walter Dean Myers (WDM) has allowed the reader to:

1) Connect with setting

2) How has WDM developed Elijah or Lizzy as a character?

VoiceVoiceA writer’s unique use of language that allows a reader to perceive a human personality in his or her writing. The elements of style that determine a writer’s voice include, but are not limited to sentence structure, diction, and tone.

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Turn to page 77 your novel.

Read paragraph #5 (starting with Elijah looked…)

Explain how Walter Dean Myers allows for you to connect as the reader through voice.

Response Response Time:Time:

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An author’s choice of words and sentence structure used to help create meaning.

DictionDiction

Example of diction:Example of diction:The sun had been high all day and the ground was firm, but not hard….

The wind was picking up more, there were brief smatterings of rain. In the distance a low boom of thunder rolled along the horizon.

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A particular variety of language spoken in one place by a distinct group of people.

Dialect Dialect

DIALECT EXAMPLESDIALECT EXAMPLES

“All ya’ll hesh up” - As spoken by Lizzy

“Me and ‘Lijah we is the best sailors out here.”

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At times writers use dialect to establish or emphasize settings as well as supporting the development of characters.

Response Time

Provide another example of how Walter Dean Myers uses dialect at this point in the novel. Explain how this impacted you as a reader.

Provide an example of another way how Walter Dean Myers uses narrative elements to contribute to the overall meaning of the text.

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