Literary Elements

What is a MAIN CHARACTER?

• the main events

• the person or animal the story is mostly about

• the time and location of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the SETTING of a story?

• the main events

• the person or animal the story is mostly about

• the time and location of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the PROBLEM in a story?

• the time and location of the story

• the main challenge a character faces

• the end of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is a SOLUTION in the story?

• the beginning of the story

• the lesson of the story

• how the problem is solved

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the PLOT of a story?

• the main events in the order in which they take place

• the problem

• the lesson in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the THEME of a story?

• the main events

• the lesson in the story

• the problem

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The part of the story where the reader meets the characters & the setting is...

• the beginning

• the middle

• the end

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The part of the story where the problem takes place is...

• the beginning

• the middle

• the end

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The part of the story where the problem is solved is...

• the beginning

• the middle

• the end

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

To draw a conclusion based on clues in the story

• Infer

• Perspective

• Summary

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3