Literary Devices

What is the theme?

• the message that an author sends to the reader

• the music that plays when the main character walks into a room

• where the story takes place

• problem of the story

________ is the hero or main character of a piece of literature.

The __________ is the anti-hero or enemy in a piece of literature.

Your setting must include which of the following

• time your story takes place

• location

• the message you want to teach your readers

• the words as or like

Characters are

• the conflict.

• not necessary when writing a narrative

• the people or animals who make the story happen.

• often pointless.

The plot is

• the hook of the story.

• the sequence or order of events in the story

The words that the characters speak aloud is called?

• dialogue

• conversation

• resolution

• climax

Exposition is

• ending of a narrative.

• middle of a short story.

• beginning of a piece of literature.

The resolution is also known as

• the conclusion

• very end of the story

What is a narrative?

• a writing that tells a story

• short story

• nonfiction text

• an article