YA Fiction Tropes

Culminating Activity Handouts (due dates will vary by teacher/year)

• What is YA Literature?

• Breaking the YA Code: Task Overview

• Part 1: The Quotation Log * See below for helpful videos on embedding quotes in your essay

• Part 2: The Oral Presentation

Tropes, Cliches, Stereotypes, Themes & Motifs

You may be confused and think you are doing an essay about literary tropes...

Literary Trope:

"A general term for any figure of speech which alters the literal sense of a word or phrase: so metaphor, simile and allegory are all tropes, since they affect the meaning of words. " (Source: https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/classroom/terms.htm)

[If you're interested, you'll find a list of tropes with definitions here: Rhetorical Tropes]

What we're talking about here...trope as a common or overused theme or device.

Websites & Articles

• • TVTropes/Literature & Young Adult Literature

  • QUIZ: Do You Actually Hate These YA Tropes?

  • YA Books to Read Based on Your Favorite Tropes

  • YA Literary Trope: The Repressed Protagonist (YALSA)

  • Writing with Color / Stereotypes & Tropes Navigation

  • 25 Things You Should Know About Young Adult Fiction (Writer's advice to writers)

  • The Plot of YA Novels if They Actually Reflected Real Teenagers' Lives / 24 Highly Realistic Plots for YA Novels

  • A Brief History of Queer Young Adult Literature

  • Publishing Trends: Tropes Readers Adore Across 15 Fiction Genres

  • Finding good books ...

  • Check out ... #VeryRealisticYA