Understanding Literary Elements and Composition Techniques

Characters in Narrative

Characters are fictional beings that experience events and perform actions in a narrative.

• Simple or flat characters: They think and act in a predictable manner.
• Complex or round characters: They modify their way of thinking and acting.

Argumentative Text

An argumentative text presents a thesis and supporting arguments to convince the recipient.

• Introduction: Presents the thesis.
• Argument: Discourse used to convince others.
• Conclusion: The resolution of the initial problem.

Word Composition

Compound words are formed from the combination of two or more simple words.

• Own composition: A word formed from two Catalan words (e.g., "painted lips").
• Cultured composition: A word formed from two Catalan words (e.g., "biblio" + "teak").
• Syntagmatic composition: A group of words with a unified meaning (e.g., "period" + "comma").

The Diaeresis

The diaeresis is the diacritical mark (¨) written over some i or u.

Vocabulary

• Leader: Someone who manages and gives orders.
• Obsession: A fixed idea.
• Impassive: Without altering.
• Unusual: Strange, uncommon.
• Bold: Daring.
• Bowed: Inclined.
• At the bottom: At the end.
• Peremptory: Urgent.
• Cynicism: Insolence, shamelessness.
• Intuited: Perceived.
• Reverb: Echo.
• Condescending: Undemanding.
• Ruble: Currency.
• Unquestionable: Cannot be doubted.
• Producer: Person responsible for the financial and industrial aspects of production.
• Deed: An important action.
• Has dared to do: To have the courage to do something.
• Settle: To resolve.
• Effusively: With effusion, with great emotion.
• Turn: Where a road turns, bends.
• Adrift: Without direction.
• Flashes: Something moving very fast.
• Rough: Very difficult to climb.
• Cross: To pass through.
• Groan: Screams of pain or punishment.
• Afraid: Very scared.
• Paragliding: Wall or cliff.
• Was: Script.
• Was: Secretary of a person's shooting.

Opinion Article

An opinion article is a text in which the author describes their ideas about a particular matter. The media employs a group of collaborators who are responsible for expressing opinions, judgments, and critiques on current issues.

The Editorial

An editorial is an article that expresses the opinion of the editorial team under the supervision of a newspaper. It allows us to understand the dominant ideology of a given medium.

Simple Sentence

A simple sentence contains only one verb in a personal form and is a complete unit. It is independent and is not linked to another sentence.

Coordination

Coordination means "to put together at the same level." In grammar, it means joining two independent items at the same syntactic level.

Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition means "to place next to." It is indicated by punctuation marks such as a comma, semicolon, or colon.

Subordination

Subordination means "under order."

Contraction

Contractions occur when words like "from" or "to" combine with other words, such as in spoken language.

Advertising

Advertising is a communication technique that aims to inform a large number of people and persuade them to act in a certain way. To persuade is to convince the other.