Literary Elements

What is main idea?

• The title

• Where the story takes place

• Who is in the story

• What the story is mostly about

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is characterization?

• Who is in the story

• How the author describes the people in the story

• Where the story takes place

• What the story is mostly about

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is setting?

• When and where the story takes place

• Who is in the story

• What the story is mostly about

• Who wrote the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is conflict?

• The problem or struggle

• The most important part of the story

• When and where the story takes place

• What I learned about the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is inferencing?

• An educated guess based on context clues

• What the story says

• Something I make up

• The right answer

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

PIE stands for:

• Purpose, Impact, Elements

• Potato, Ice cream, Eggs

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

• Population, Inference, Example

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

What book did we read as a class last week?

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is plot?

• The sequence of events in the story

• The main character in the story

• The central message or lesson of the story

• The time and place of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is climax?

• The beginning of the story

• The turning point or most intense moment

• The end of the story

• The introduction of characters

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is resolution?

• The problem or struggle

• The most important part of the story

• When and where the story takes place

• The conclusion or wrapping up of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9