Interpreting the role of character in fiction

Identifying and interpreting setting

Understanding how a story’s structure affects interpretations

Understanding and interpreting a narrator’s perspective

Reading texts literally and figuratively

The basics of literary analysis

Identifying characters in poetry

Understanding and interpreting meaning in poetic structure

Analyzing word choice to find meaning

Identifying techniques like contrast, simile, metaphor, and alliteration

Interpreting character description and perspective

Character evolution throughout a narrative

Conflict and plot development

Interpreting symbolism

Identifying evidence and supporting literary arguments

Protagonists, antagonists, character relationships, and conflict

Character interactions with setting and its significance

Archetypes in literature

Types of narration like stream of consciousness

Narrative Distance, Tone and Perspective

Traits of closed and open structures in poetry

Use of techniques like imagery and hyperbole

Types of comparisons in poetry including personification and allusion

Identifying and interpreting extended metaphors

Interpreting foil characters

Understanding and interpreting character motives

Understanding nonlinear narrative structures like flashbacks and foreshadowing

The effect of narrative tone and bias on reading

Characters as symbols, metaphors, and archetypes

Developing literary arguments within a broader context of works

Sudden and more gradual change in characters

Epiphany as a driver of plot

Relationships between characters and groups

Character interactions with settings

The Significance of the Pacing of a Narrative

Setting as a Symbol

Interpreting texts in their historical and societal contexts

Looking at punctuation and structural patterns

Interpreting Juxtaposition, Paradox, and Irony

How Ambiguity can Allow for Various Interpretations

Identifying Symbols, Conceits, and Allusions

Learning proper attribution and citation in literary analysis

Looking at a character’s response to the resolution of a narrative

Suspense, resolution, and plot development

Narrative inconsistencies and contrasting perspectives

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