Literary & Plot Elements

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. Ex. "The heavy black clouds became thick over the city and we all felt a sense of dread."

• Mood

• Antagonist

• Tone

In a story, what is the "theme"?

• What the story is about

• The topic of the text

• The life lesson or message the author is trying to teach you.

• Where and when the story happens

The beginning of the story where the setting and main character are introduced.

• Exposition

• Plot

• Climax

the most exciting moment of the story; the turning point

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Climax

A problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story.

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Rising Action

The action that follows directly after the climax. The story starts unwinding.

• Rising action

• Climax

• Falling Action

What is the definition of plot?

• The lesson in the story

• The sequence of events in the story

• The turning point of the story

Which part of the story is represented by this blue rectangle?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

Which part of the story is represented by this blue rectangle?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

Which part of the story is represented by this blue rectangle?

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Falling Action