Literary Elements: Theme, Mood, Tone, and POV

An idea about life or human nature that an author is trying to share with readers

• Main Idea
• Theme
• Topic
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

the author's attitude toward the story, topic, characters, etc.

• mood
• tone
• theme
• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

a method used by an author to develop the characters

• suspense
• point of view
• character development
• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The theme of a story is...

• an incomplete sentence stating a lesson about life
• a complete sentence stating a lesson about life
• the events in a story
• the problem or struggle in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

when the author goes back in time and describes an earlier event or scene is called...

• foreshadowing
• suspense
• flashback
• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The perspective from which a story is told

• exposition
• theme
• conflict
• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the feeling the story creates for the reader

• mood
• tone
• theme
• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The _________ is the "turning point" and the event that determines the end of the story.

• climax
• exposition
• resolution
• inciting incident

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

when the narrator is a character in the story

• 2nd person point of view
• 3rd person limited point of view
• 1st person point of view
• 3rd person objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

when the author gives clues about what will happen later in the story

• flashback
• in media res
• foreshadowing
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3