ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

the events that take place in a story

• plot

• conflict

• setting

struggle or problem a character must overcome

• mood

• foreshadowing

• conflict

struggle between a character and his inner self

• external conflict

• internal conflict

a struggle between a character and a force outside of himself

• external conflict

• internal conflict

where and when a story takes place

• theme

• point of view

• setting

refers to whether the story is told by a character or an outside observer

• characterization

• point of view

• mood

the feeling a reader gets from the story

• mood

• foreshadowing

• plot

use of clues to suggest something is going to happen

• conflict

• plot

• foreshadowing

the creation and development of the people in the story

• theme

• characterization

• setting

the central idea or lesson about life that an author conveys

• plot

• conflict

• theme