Understanding Literary Elements

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Literary Elements

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Components that make up a story

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Plot

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Sequence of events in a story

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Setting

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Time and place of a story

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Character

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Person or being in a story

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Theme

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Central idea or message

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Conflict

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Struggle between opposing forces

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Point of View

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Perspective from which story is told

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First Person

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Narrator is a character in the story

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Third Person

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Narrator is outside the story

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Symbolism

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Use of symbols to represent ideas