Story Elements

What is a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory

• antagonist

• rising action

• exposition

• suspense

What is the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story towards a climax?

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• protagonist

What is the central idea of a work of literature?

• theme

• setting

• plot

• protagonist

What is the uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what is going to happen next in a story?

• antagonist

• exposition

• setting

• suspense

What point of view is it when the story addresses the reader as if the reader is in the story? ex. You are walking down the street

• 3rd person limited point of view

• 2nd person point of view

• 1st person point of view

• 3rd person omniscient (all knowing)

What is the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved?

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• plot

What is a feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader?

• mood

• tone

• resolution

• plot

What is a person in a story called?

• character

• plot

• theme

• tone

Attitude a writer takes towards the audience, a subject, or a character:

• mood

• 1st person point of view

• tone

• resolution

The main character in literary work

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• setting

• rising action