6th Grade Literary Elements

What is a person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work? 

• setting

• character

• conflict

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D

What is the time and location of a story called?

• setting

• character

• theme

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What is the high point of interest or suspense of the conflict called?

• setting

• plot

• climax

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

How the conflict ends or is solved is called

• theme

• conflict

• setting

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

What is it called when the author uses clues to hint at what might happen later in the story?

• theme

• foreshadowing

• point of view

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

The way the piece of literature makes you, the reader, feel?

• tone

• mood

• theme

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

What is the author's attitude toward the reader and writer? 

• mood

• tone

• problem

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is the series of events that make up the story called?

• theme

• setting

• tone

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

What is the author's message or main part of the story called? 

• theme

• setting

• point of view

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

What is the struggle or problem in the story called? 

• setting

• character

• conflict

• climax

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D