Literary Elements Review

people or animals that take part in the action of the story

• conflict

• antagonist

• characters

• direct characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

the person who is against the main character

• protagonist

• antagonist

• climax

• indirect characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

what happens in a story

• conflict

• allusion

• theme

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

how the author describes a character in narration

• direct characterization

• setting

• characters

• static

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the main character

• protagonist

• antagonist

• resolution

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

how a character is revealed through speech and actions

• dynamic

• indirect characterization

• static

• direct characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the introduction of a short story (setting, characters, and conflict)

• setting

• resolution

• exposition

• rising actions

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

the story's most emotional/suspenseful moment; the "high point"

• plot

• resolution

• rising actions

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a feeling of anxious curiosity

• suspense

• theme

• static

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

the name given to all of the events before the climax of a story

• falling actions

• exposition

• rising actions

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9