Literary Elements

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.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

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.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the THEME of a story?

• the main events

• the lesson in the story

• the problem

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

What are the CHARACTERS of a story?

• the people, animals, and creatures that are in the story

• the time and location of the story

• the end of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is imagery?

• language that is not very descriptive

• the use of sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste to engage the reader's interest

• language that is unfamiliar to the reader

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is a simile?

• words that sound like their meaning

• using what you have read and taking what you already know

• it compares two things that are different using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• language that uses word images

• it compares two things that aren't alike while NOT using like or as

• the use of sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste to engage the reader's interest

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is first-person point of view?

• When a person tells his/her own story

• Language that appeals to the five senses

• Comparing two things using like or as

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is third-person point of view?

• The main events in a story

• When the narrator tells the story from an outside perspective

• The time and location of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is second-person point of view?

• When you are being told how to do something

• The people, animals, and creatures that are in the story

• the lesson of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6