ELEMENTAL ENGLISHBy Nate Wilson

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Elemental English: The Basics

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Literary Elements Quiz

Elemental English: The Basics

Literary Elements

Alliteration

Allusion

Blank Verse

Puns Foil Tragic Flaw Couplets

DramaticIrony

Asides

Soliloquy

Mon

olog

ue

Dialogue

Alliteration

“The repetition of a leading vowel or consonant sound in a phrase.” 1

Examples

“ A fine frenzy” or “Elemental English” or a “Bad Beginning” or a “Euphoric Ending.”

Review: AlliterationQuestion: What is the alliteration?

A. Once upon a midnight dreary. B. I pondered C. Weak and weary. D. Meow, meow, meow, meow.

Incorrect

Nope this is not it. Remember to avoid things like repetition as something not related to alliteration, but also that you should try looking for words that start with the same letter.

Correct

Excellent, yes this is the alliteration because they are vowel sounds and they are not being repeated since they are not the same words.

Allusion

“An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing to a part of another text.” 1

Examples

“Children of the Corn” refers to a movie and when I call my students “Children of the Corn” I am using an allusion to refer to my recalcitrant students being like the children in that movie.

Blank Verse

“Unrhymed iambic pentameter.” 1 “5 beats and the second syllable

stressed.” 1

Read This example of Blank Verse.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream:The poet’s eye, in a fine

frenzy rolling, doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven; And, as images not can bodies forth the forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing a local habitation and a home.

Review for Blank VerseIdentify the definition of blank verse

A. Unrhymed poetry B. Rhymed poetry C. Unrhymed iambic pentameter D. Rhymed iambic pentameter

Correct

Amazingly correct! Yes, remembering the generics of poetry and what a favorite tool of Shakespeare’s to use, unrhymed iambic pentameter was a common method used in his writing.

Incorrect

Sorry this is not correct. Remember that there is a certain rhyme pattern in poetry, but sometimes there does not need to be any rhythm for certain forms of verse- poetry in written form.

Puns PunsPuns

“A play on words, giving multiple meanings of a word, or a play in on 2 words that sound alike but have different meanings.” 1

Examples of Puns

“Vile Death”

“ This book about anti-gravity, I just can’t put it down.”

Foil

“A character who is used as a contrast to another; this highlights or sets off the personality traits of the characters.” 1

Examples of Foils

Laertes in Hamlet is the intelligent but reluctant foil of our “hero” Hamlet.

Tragic Flaw-“A fault of the

protagonist which usually leads to his/her downfall or death.” 1

Example

s Of

Tragic

Flaws

The trait that makes Macbeth so ambitious is also the trait that allows Lady Macbeth to lure him to commit a heinous act of murder and treason

Review: Tragic Flaw

What is Tragic Flaw?1. A fault of a character that leads t

o their downfall2.

A trait of a character which can lead to their success

3. A trait of a character that leads no where

4. A downside to a character that leads to their success.

Incorrect

Nope Remember that it is an iniquity that brings out the flaws of characters.

Correct

Yes. A tragic flaw is indeed a “fault” of a character that can lead to their downfall. A downside that leads to success would not be considered a downside if they succeeded. You see, it is failure that brings out the fault.

Couplets:“2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; they often signal a character’s exit or the end of a scene.” 1

Examples of Couplets

“Blessed are you whose worthiness gives scope/ Being had, to triumph; being locked, to hope.” – Sonnets of Shakespeare

Dramatic Irony:

“The full significance of a character’s words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to characters in the play.” 1

Examples of Dramatic Irony

In Romeo & Juliet, we know that Juliet is not dead from the “vile death.” ( pun) but Romeo does not and so he tragically ends his life.

Asidessssssssssssssss

“A character speaks directly to the audience without being heard by other characters in the play.” 1

Examples for Asides

If we consider my classroom a play and each student is a character in the and one student makes a remark to me, the audience member, without being heard by the any other characters, this, in essence, is an aside made by the student.

Review for Asidesssssssssssssss

What is an Aside?1. A remark made by the stud

ent heard only by the teacher.

2. A comment made to the class by the student.

3. A speech given by the teacher in class.

Correct

Yes It is when it is unheard by others except to whom it was addressed that makes it an aside.

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Incorrect

Nope Remember that it addresses the audience member and not everyone else around.

Soliloquys

“A character converses with himself/herself by expressing thoughts aloud while alone on stage.” 1

Examples of Soliloquys

If a student started talking in the bathroom by themselves about their love life-which is irrelative to soliloquys- they would be making a soliloquy, especially if they were overheard by their friends.

Monologue

“A long speech made by a character in a play.” 1

Examples of Monologue

When Romeo and Juliet are talking to one another at the balcony scene, Juliet gives a monologue before being interrupted.

Dialogue

“A conversation between two or more characters.” 1

Examples of Dialogue

When Romeo and Juliet actually start talking after Juliet’s monologue, they are having dialogue.

SummaryAlliteration- “The repetition of a leading vowel or consonant sound in a phrase.”Allusion- “An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing to a part of another text.”Blank verse- “unrhymed iambic pentameter where there are 5 beats in a sentence and the second syllable of every word receives the beat.”Puns- “a play on words.”Foil- “a character who serves to contrast another character, usually the protagonist, and represents their opposite.’ Tragic Flaw- “a fault of the protagonist which usually lead to his/her downfall or death.”Couplets- “2 consecutive lines that rhyme or have the same rhyme scheme.”Dramatic Irony- “The full significance of a character’s words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to characters in the play.”Asides- “A character who speaks directly to the audience without being heard by other characters in the play.”Soliloquy- “ A character converses with himself/herself by expressing thoughts aloud while alone on stage.”Dialogue- “ A conversation between two or more characters.”Monologue- “ A really long speech.” Reference 1 will be shown on each term and is located at the end of the presentation.

Elemental English: Quiz:

Alright! You made it. Now let’s see if you can take on this quiz.

Literary Elements

Quiz- Ready Set Go

Quiz Question 1 : An Allusion is….

A. A magic trick B. Vertigo C. A reference to a person, event, or thing from another text D. All of the Above

Incorrect: Sorry

If I am alluding to something, it is very much like referencing to something that helps make my point clearer.

Correct!!!

Absolutely! Yes Way to go! Referencing something is how I will allude to something.

Quiz Question 2What is a Pun?

A. A Play on words.B. A piece of a sandwich.C. A metaphor.D. All of the above.

Incorrect

In Literature, authors often found it humorous to have words that exemplified multiple, subtle meanings so that the audience could enjoy a bit of laughter every now and then. Examples of a pun would be “Vile Death.” From Romeo and Juliet. Juliet took a vile to fake death but it is also talking a about a vile or horrid death for her.

Correct: Yeah!!

Yes! To have words with multiple meanings is always fun to see and read.

Quiz Question 3: What’s an example of a Foil?

A. A piece of foil.B. Laertes to Hamlet.C. Ophelia to Juliet.D. Dr. Wilson to Dr. House

Incorrect

Remember that foils can often exist outside of different stories and those connections can be made, but foils in literature must be contained in the same play. Warning, this is a trick question.

Correct

Yes, Laertes serves as a foil to Hamlet because of his traits being similar and opposite to Hamlet. A foil can often show two ends to a spectrum. Also Dr. Wilson from the TV show House does serve as a foil to the medical maverick. That was your bonus

Quiz Question 4: What is a Couplet?

A. 4 lines rhymed.B. 6 lines rhymed.C. 1.5 lines rhymed.D. 2 lines rhymed.

Incorrect:

Remember to think of what a couple is , as in a relationship of objects, and see that there can only be a certain amount within a couple. Definitely think small.

Correct:

You got it. 1 + 1 = 2. A couplet is usually how Shakespeare finished his quatrained-filled sonnets, completing the full circle of his very thematic poems.

Quiz Question 5: What is an example of Dramatic irony?

A. An “iron” bar used in drama.B. Juliet’s faked death.C. Romeo’s death.D. All of these.

Incorrect.

While you might have picked Romeo’s death, this actually is not a dramatic irony to Juliet because he really was dead. The only way you could say it was is if you said Juliet would never had thought he would kill himself. Remember what is more predominantly intended to be a dramatic irony.

Correct!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes! Juliet’s death was a dramatic irony for every character because she really wasn’t dead at all. Her “vile death” hoodwinked everyone and made the unexpected seem like their reality.

Quiz Question 6:What is a Soliloquy

A. A speech given in private to the other characters as if the speaker was thinking out load.

B. A speech given to the rest of the characters in a play.

C. A short speech given to the audience members but overheard by other characters in the play.

Incorrect.

As soon as you see the word short, do not think of it as a speech at all. Soliloquys are definitely long in comparison to dialogue or asides. They can be just like monologues with one major difference. Can you guess what that is?

Correct!

Yes! Thinking out loud is very much a soliloquy but remember that no one else can hear you except the audience or the 4 dimension.

Quiz Question 7: What is a Monologue?

A. A piece of sound equipment.

B. A soliloquy.C. A piece of dialogue.D. A long speech.

Incorrect. Sorry

Remember that speeches in literature are defined by two major things: length and targeted audience. If something is long it can be a monologue and soliloquy. If it is short is usually is an aside or dialogue. And then you just have to figure out if it is spoken alone or to characters. Heeehee.

Correct!!!!!!!!! Yes!

Yes! You got it!!!!!

Congratulations! You completed this QuizYou have now gone over the basics of some elements found in literature! Wunderbar!!!

References

1. Wheeler, L. Kip. ( 2012 ). Literary Vocabulary Terms. Welcome to Dr. Wheeler’s Website. Carson-Newman College. Retrieved Nov 15, 2012, from http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/index.html.

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