Literary Elements

main character in a story

• antagonist

• protagonist

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Anything or anyone that gets in the way of the Protagonist

• conflict

• protagonist

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

beginning of the story, explains the background information, setting, introduction to characters

• exposition

• setting

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

plot

• the end of the story

• what happens in the story

• where the story takes place

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

events in the story that cause a problem for the protagonist

• tone

• mood

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

rising action

• comparison of two things using like or as

• events leading up to the climax, suspenseful

• the point the author is trying to get across

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

climax

• high point in the story

• end of the story

• where the story takes place

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

events immediately following the climax

• irony

• resolution

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

the story is resolved and we know what happens to the protagonist

• resolution

• tone

• the end

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

theme

• the feeling the author conveys to the reader

• the point that the author is trying to get across, the big idea

• opposite of expectation

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2