Crenon

• Conventions


  —  features and practices of a specific genre

  — identified style in creating the story
• Subject Matter


  ● a controlling idea present in the text ● can be stated or implied
• Style


  ● behavior of the characters and the tone of the chosen words in the text
• Social Background and Tapestry


   ● social, historical, and cultural
• Referent


  ● setting and tone of the story
• Objectivity


  ● not manipulated by personal bias
• Elements


  ● parts of a text that work with each other to develop the theme of the story
• Plot


  ● series of events that a story follows ● follows a sequence for storytelling called narrative arcs or Freytag’s pyramid
• Freytag's Pyramid


  Exposition - introduces characters and setting

  Rising Action - introduce conflict

  Climax - characters confront main conflict

  Falling Action - events after climax

  Resolution - ending of the story
• Characters and Characterization


  ● Characters are what drive a story’s plot. ● Characterization is using a character’s actions, speech, background, and more to develop and deepen them and their importance to the story.
• Setting


  ● time and place where the story happens ● sets the tone and mood of the story
• Conflict


  ● causes a change in characters, especially in the protagonist ● allow characters to grow as they continue to move forward in the plo
• Structure


  ● guides readers on how the author wants them to follow or figure out the message ● in the form of flashbacks, time skips, etc.
• Tone


  ● sets in his or her story is often a good determinant on the message they are trying to convey in their work
• Narration


  ● guides readers on what they should focus on
• Dialogue


  ● how the characters speak to each other in a text
• Symbols and Symbolism 


  ● a subtle meaning to ordinary objects in the story

  ● repeated in the text

  ● can be objects, traits, mannerisms, actions
• Theme


  ● main idea of the story ● a statement about the topic ● not the same as a moral
• Techniques


  ● literary devices present in developing the text
• Allegory


  ● a story with double meaning
• Diction


  ● choice of words and styles that the writer had used in the text
• Emotive Language


  ● when the author has chosen the text that encourages emotional response from the audience
• Euphemism


  ● indirect reference to an idea
• Figurative Language


  ● ideas compared to someone or something that will be easy for the readers to visualize
• Sound Devices


  ● poetic devices present in a song’s lyrics and poem’s verses
• Humor


  ● comedic device to catch attention
• Intertextuality


  ● styling the text based on a popular genre or context
• In Medias Res


  ● technique to highlight climactic events in a plot
• Parody


  ● a spoof, a caricature, or a joke which is based on imitation of a famous text
• Literary conventions 


  refer to features and practices of a specific genre that the readers comprehend and identify as a style in creating the story.