Literary Elements

What is the name for the time and place during which a story occurs?

• Setting
• Plot
• Location
• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is another name for how the author wants you, the reader to feel about something in the story?

• Mood

• Setting

• Belief

• Emotion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the name for the people, animals, or things participating in a story?

• Characters
• Setting
• Plot elements
• Personnel

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do we call the main character of a story?

• Protagonist
• Good guy
• Antagonist
• Whatever we want to

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do we call the force in opposition to the main character in a story?

• Protagonist
• Bad guy
• Antagonist
• Whatever we want to

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the organized pattern or sequence of events in a story?

• Plot
• Exposition
• Conflict
• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When in the story is the greatest point of interest or suspense?

• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action
• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the term for the struggle between two forces?

• Antagonist
• Protagonist
• Conflict
• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which of the following is a type of internal conflict?

• Man vs. Self
• Man vs. Man
• Man vs. Society
• Man vs. Nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do we call the universal truth about the human experience developed in the story?

• Topic

• Theme

• Concept

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2