Literary Elements Overview

the underlying message or big idea of a  book, film, or other work

• point of view

• main idea

• theme

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the main problem or struggle within a story

• narrator

• conflict

• plot

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the type of narration used (as in first-, second-, or third-person narration)

• theme

• plot

• characterization

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The way a character acts, thinks, and speaks

• characterization

• setting

• character

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the time, place, and circumstances in which something occurs or develops

• setting

• theme

• point of view

• characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the sequence of events that take place in a story; the plan

• theme

• characterization

• setting

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

an individual in a literary work whose thoughts, feelings, actions, and reactions move the action

of the plot forward

• theme

• characterization

• character

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3