Literary Elements

Plot is defined as

• The arrangement of event in a story
• The climax and rising action
• The resolution 
• Falling action and exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

Rising action is defined as 

• The turning point of the story
• The background information the reader needs
• The conflict that builds towards the climax
• The tying up of the loose ends

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Resolution is defined as

• Tying up the loose ends
• The turning point of the story
• The background information the reader needs
• The action that happens after the climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Point of view is defined as

• The hero or protagonist in the story
• The perspective from which the story is told
• The words, thoughts and actions of the characters
• The villain or antagonist in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"I told myself that the tunnel would lead to freedom" is an example of 

• An outside narrator
• Third person point of view
• Second person point of view
• First person point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"This tunnel must lead to freedom he thought" is an example of 

• First person point of view
• The exposition in the story
• Third person point of view
• The resolution of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Characterization is defined as

• An important decision a character makes
• The arrangement of event in the story
• The exposition in the story
• The words, thoughts and actions of the characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Climax is defined as

• The last event in the story
• The turning point of the story
• The introduction of  the conflict in the story
• The background information

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Conflict is defined as

• The problem the characters have to solve 
• The last event in the story
• The characters words, thoughts and actions
• The arrangement of events in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Falling action is defined as

• The last event in the story
• The introduction of the conflict
• The action that happens after the climax
• The turning point of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9