Literary Devices - Parts of a Story

What is the setting?

• The time and place of a story

• The events of a story

• The problem in a story

• The person who tells the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the plot?

• The time and place of a story

• The events of a story

• The problem in a story

• The turning point of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the conflict?

• A lesson the main character and the reader learn about life

• The events of a story

• The problem in a story

• The turning point of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the climax?

• A lesson the main character and the reader learn about life

• The events of a story

• The problem in a story

• The turning point of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the theme?

• A lesson the main character and the reader learn about life

• The events of a story

• The problem in a story

• The turning point of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the protagonist?

• The person who tells the story

• The main character in a story - usually the "good guy"

• The person or force acting against the main character; tries to stop the main character from getting what they want

• A less important character

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the antagonist?

• The person who tells the story

• The main character in a story - usually the "good guy"

• The person or force acting against the main character; tries to stop the main character from getting what they want

• A less important character

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 narrator?

• The person who tells the story

• A character that plays an important role in the story

• A supporting character

• A less important character

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is 1st person point of view?

• The narrator is a character in the story; uses the pronouns I, me, my to refer to the main character

• The main character in a story - usually the "good guy"

• The person or force acting against the main character; tries to stop the main character from getting what they want

• The narrator is NOT involved in the story; uses the pronouns he, she, they to refer to the main character

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is 3rd person point of view?

• The narrator is a character in the story; uses the pronouns I, me, my to refer to the main character

• The main character in a story - usually the "good guy"

• The person or force acting against the main character; tries to stop the main character from getting what they want

• The narrator is NOT involved in the story; uses the pronouns he, she, they to refer to the main character

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6