The Possibility of Evil

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The Possibility of Evil

• Literary Elements

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Characterization

• Characterization the way a writer develops a
  characters personality and traits.
• Writers use four methods in developing
  characters
• - Description of physical appearance
• - What the character says/does
• - What other characters say about that character
• - Narrator directly tells you about the
  character.
• Miss Strangeworth hated sloppiness (Jackson
  176).

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Foreshadowing

• The author gives little clues about what is going
  to happen in the story.
• Often, when you re-read a story, the
  foreshadowing is more apparent.
• People in town act strange, Mrs. Strangeworth
  drops a letter

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Setting/Mood

• Setting where/when the story takes place
• Small town Pleasant Street
• Mood the atmosphere/emotions a story evokes
• Often, the setting can affect the mood, such as
  when a scary movie is set at night and in the
  rain, or a love story is set in spring.
• Mood of this story?