Literary Elements

What do readers call the main character or hero of a story?

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Main Character

• Archetype

What do readers call the opposing character or force in a story?

• Enemy

• Bad Guy

• Opposition

• Antagonist

Where and when a story takes place:

• Scene

• Setting

• Location

• Conflict

When the author uses clues to let the reader know what will happen:

• Hinting

• Suggestions

• Foreshadowing

• Spoilers

The TECHNICAL term for the events in a story:

• Plot

• Sequence

• Dialogue

• Narrative

The author's attitude regarding his or her own story:

• Plot

• Theme

• Tone

• Irony

The BIG message or moral in a story--what lesson is the reader meant to learn?

• Mood

• Theme

• Tone

• Plot

The overall feeling or atmosphere of a story:

• Theme

• Tone

• Plot

• Mood

The struggle between the main character(s) and opposing forces:

• Angst

• Conflict

• Antagonist

• Fighting

Who is the teller of a story?

• The Author

• The Reader

• The Narrator

• No One