Literary Elements

The sequence of events in a story; Includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

• Plot

• conflict

• main idea

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

The problem in the story. Examples are man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. society, man vs. nature.

• topic

• conflict

• tone

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The lesson or message an author, poet, or playwright wants to convey; stated as a sentence or phrase.

• point of view

• refrain

• summarization

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

The author's reason for writing. Examples include to persuade, inform, entertain, and express.

• author's purpose

• author's point of view

• author's opinion

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

The way in which an author has organized information. Examples are description, sequence, compare/ contrast, cause/ effect, and problem/ solution.

• summary

• context clues

• text structures

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.

• paired passage

• context clue

• sound device

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

The author's attitude towards his/ her subject.

• mood

• topic

• tone

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

In poetry, the groups that lines are arranged in. Like paragraphs in a story.

• refrain

• topic

• main idea

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together, such as the "s" in "makes still pools, and sleep-song".

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• refrain

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

Words that sound like the objects they name or the sounds those objects make, such as hiss, crackle, bam, and meow.

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5