Literary Elements

Match the following

• RISING ACTION

• The sequence of events in a story

• EXPOSITION

• A work of literature where the characters and events are invented by the writer

• PLOT

• The beginning of a story that may include

  characters and the setting

• FICTION

• The emotional highpoint of the story

• CLIMAX

• The events that happen while the main character

  tries to solve the conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the following

• RESOLUTION

• The outcome of the story

• DIALOGUE

• People (or animals) that take part in the story’s plot

• SETTING

• Where and when a story takes place

• CHARACTERS

• The events between the climax and resolution

  where the loose ends get tied up

• FALLING ACTION

• The conversation between characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the following

• POINT OF VIEW

• The feeling or atmosphere that an author creates in

  a literary work

• NARRATOR

• The person or voice that tells the story

• IMAGERY

• Words or phrases that appeal to the readers’ senses

• GENRE

• The perspective from which the story is told

• MOOD

• The type of literature characterized by a particular

  form or style

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Match the following

• IRONY

• An object, person, place or event that represents

  something else entirely

• SYMBOLISM

• A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.

• FLASHBACK

• The author’s attitude or feelings about characters,

  situations or topics

• THEME

• When earlier events are inserted into the story

• TONE

• The central idea or message about life that the

  author wants to convey to the reader

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When authors give clues or hint at events that will

happen in the future

• FLASHBACK

• FORESHADOW

• RESOLUTION

• EXPOSITION

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A character that changes in a dramatic way

• DYNAMIC CHARACTER

• STATIC CHARACTER

• ROUND CHARACTER

• FLAT CHARACTER

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A character that remains the same during the story

• DYNAMIC CHARACTER

• STATIC CHARACTER

• ROUND CHARACTER

• ROUND CHARACTER

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A character that is presented in a complex way

• DYNAMIC CHARACTER

• STATIC CHARACTER

• ROUND CHARACTER

• FLAT CHARACTER

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A character that is represented with just a single character trait

• DYNAMIC CHARACTER

• STATIC CHARACTER

• ROUND CHARACTER

• FLAT CHARACTER

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Exists when the outcome of a situation is the opposite of

what one would expect

• VERBAL IRONY

• SITUATIONAL IRONY

• DRAMATIC IRONY

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3