Unit 3 Vocabulary - Literary Elements

The people, creatures, or animals in a story.

• character

• conflict

• theme

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

A struggle, or problem, in a story.

• character

• conflict

• theme

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The lesson, or message, that the author wants the reader to learn from the story.

• character

• conflict

• theme

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

All of the important events or actions of a story in order.

• character

• conflict

• theme

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

When the story’s action becomes most exciting, usually right before the resolution.

• Story Elements

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Where the main character faces a series of conflicts which lead to the climax.

• Story Elements

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The beginning of the story where characters and settings are introduced.

• Story Elements

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The exposition, plot, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution & theme are all ___________.

• Story Elements

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A type of text structure that tells about a problem & how to solve it.

• Falling Action

• Resolution

• Setting

• Problem/ Solution

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Where or when the story takes place.

• Falling Action

• Resolution

• Setting

• Problem/ Solution

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C