Literary Elements (Part 1)

END of the story where loose ends are tied up

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Climax

The time and place of a story

• Mood

• Setting

• Plot

• Genre

a struggle or problem in a story that the main character encounters.

• Resolution

• Conflict

• Exposition

• Climax

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

• Tone

• Mood

• Plot

• Metaphor

Events AFTER the climax, leading to the resolution

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Conflict

Most exciting moment of the story; turning point

• Conflict

• Climax

• Resolution

• Rising Action

The conflict in the story between a character and an OUTSIDE force such as nature, technology, or another character.

• Internal Conflict

• Metaphor

• Simile

• External Conflict

The conflict of a story where a character struggles with something INSIDE themselves.

• External Conflict

• Tone

• Internal Conflict

• Mood

The MORAL or MESSAGE readers should learn from the story

• Climax
• Key Detail
• Conflict
• Theme

People, animals, or creatures in a story or drama

• narrator
• personification
• characters
• exposition