Literary Elements

The perspective, or vantage point from which an author presents a story

• conflict

• resolution

• point of view

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The problem in the story - a struggle between opposing forces (between characters, between characters and society, or a struggle within themselves)

• conflict

• climax

• setting

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Where and when the story takes place... can be very broad or very specific.

• setting

• rising action

• direct characterization

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The events of a story that occur between the climax and the resolution are called the _______________________.

• exposition

• conflict

• rising action

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

When the story is told/narrated by someone who is not a character in the story, this is called ____________________.

• point of view

• first person point of view

• third person point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

the series of events that occur after the exposition and lead up to the climax

• falling action

• rising action

• resolution

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

the turning point in a story when everything may change for the character

• climax

• conflict

• direct characterization

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

setting, characters, and conflict are introduced in the

• novel

• exposition

• conflict

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

when the conflict is solved at the end of a story

• conflict

• resolution

• exposition

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9