Literary Elements

Sequence of events built around a conflict

• plot

• exposition

• rising action

• suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The beginning of a story where the main characters are introduced, the setting is revealed, and the conflict is established

• exposition

• rising action

• suspense

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Where suspense builds- events that occur as the characters try to resolve the conflict

• rising action

• suspense

• climax

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A feeling of growing tension and excitement felt by the reader

• suspense

• climax

• resolution

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The turning point or part of greatest suspense

• climax

• resolution

• foreshadowing

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The conflict comes to a close- loose ends are tied up

• resolution

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Using clues that point to events that will occur later in the plot

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• setting

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

An interruption in the action to present a scene that took place in an earlier time

• flashback

• setting

• theme

• point-of-view

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The time and place in which the events occur includes location, season, time of day, historical moment (past, present, or future)

• setting

• theme

• point-of-view

• first-person

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The message the writer wishes to convey to the reader

• theme

• point-of-view

• first-person

• 3rd person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9