Identifying Elements of Literature

_______ is the life lesson or message a story teaches the reader.

The _______ are the individuals or people in a story. Some are protagonists trying to achieve goal, but some are antagonists opposing their efforts.

• Conflict

• Characters

• Setting

• Theme

The _______ is not just the location and time of a story. It is also the social environment.

This element is the problem or challenge in the story, and it can be both internal and external.

• Setting

• Theme

• Point of View

• Conflict

This element of a story is the sequence of events that intensify the drama.

• Plot

• Setting

• Characters

• Point of View

A story's _______ is the perspective or viewpoint from which the story is told. It is usually either 1st Person or 3rd Person.

• Setting

• Theme

• Point of View

• Characters

Which story element is the focus of the passage below?

"The sun flickered on the endless waves just as it always did. The wind blew just as steadily as it always had. Yet everything had changed. They had been rescued from the island..."

(from Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus)

• Conflict

• Characters

• Plot

• Setting

• Point of View

Which 2 story elements are developed in the passage below?

"When my biligaanaa teachers looked at me, they saw a little Navajo boy who did just what he was told, never got in trouble, and studied hard. Whenever I was called on, I would stand right up."

(from Code Talkers by Joseph Bruchac)

• Plot and Setting

• Characters and Point of View

• Characters and Plot

• Conflict and Setting