Narrative Elements

The time, place, and physical characteristics of where a story takes place.

• climax

• falling action

• setting

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The character working against the main character.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Resolution

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Person(s) in a literary work.

• Initiating event

• Climax

• Setting

• Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Main character, may be a hero or heroine, with whom the audience tends to identify.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Initiating Event

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Hints to the reader as to what may happen later in the text.

• Mood

• Resolution

• Foreshadowing

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Struggle between character and outside force.

• Mood

• Climax

• Resolution

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The feeling that a literary work conveys to readers

• Mood

• Climax

• Foreshadowing

• Initiating Event

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A struggle within a character.

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Mood

• Internal Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The beginning of the story when the reader is exposed to the setting and characters

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The event that starts the story and introduces the overall conflict of the story.

• Resolution

• Foreshadowing

• Mood

• Initiating Event

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5