Children's Lit Ch. 3 (Test #1)

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Five objectives of a Literature program:

Back 1

1. Help students realize that literature is for entertainment and can be enjoyed throughout their lives
2. Acquaint children with their literary heritage (classics)
3. Help students understand the formal elements of literature and lead them to prefer the best that literature has to offer
4. Help children grow up understanding themselves and the rest of humanity
5. Help children evaluate what they read

Front 2

Plot

Back 2

-developing the order of events
-nursery rhymes

Front 3

Developing Conflict:

Back 3

1. person vs. person
2. person vs. society
3. person vs. nature
4. person vs. self

Front 4

Characterization

Back 4

-believable (has strengths and weaknesses)
-well developed (physical appearance, conversation, thoughts, perceptions of others, shows character in action)
-protagonist, antagonist

Front 5

Setting:

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-Time, place, mood

Front 6

Mood

Back 6

-word choices and illlustrations

Front 7

Antagonist

Back 7

- person vs. society or person vs. nature

Front 8

Historical background

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should be able to imagine the sights, sounds, smells

Front 9

Theme

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central idea of the story
-ask: how did character change? what actions are rewarded or punished? what conflicts? what did the main character learn?

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Style:

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-unique method of story presentation
-words, sentence structure, creative visual images, moods

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Personification (style)

Back 11

giving human characteristics to non-human things

Front 12

Point of View

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the perspective from which a story is told
-1st person: "I"
-3rd person: "he, she, it, they, them"