Literary Elements

The struggle that takes place in the mind of the characters to make a decision, to take an action, or overcome a feeling.

• Climax

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

• Protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The lesson of the story

• Plot

• Exposition

• Setting

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The bad character in the story; the character who is against the protagonist

• Antagonist

• Characterization

• Plot

• Protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The things that happen between the climax and the resolution at the end of the story

• Climax

• Third Person Point of View

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The good character in the story

• First Person Point of View

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

This struggle takes place within the story between humans/animals vs. humans/animals or humans vs. nature.

• External Conflict

• Internal Conflict

• Setting

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The time and place a story happens

• Plot

• Setting

• Conflict

• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When an outside narrator is telling the story

• Theme

• First Person Point of View

• Third Person Point of View

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The beginning of the story

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When a character in the story tells the story (I & me)

• First Person Point of View

• Third Person Point of View

• Plot

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9