Literary Elements

The perspective, or vantage point from which an author presents a story

• conflict

• resolution

• point of view

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The problem in the story - a struggle between opposing forces (between characters, between characters and society, or a struggle within themselves)

• conflict

• climax

• setting

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Where and when the story takes place... can be very broad or very specific.

• setting

• rising action

• direct characterization

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

When the story is told/narrated by someone who is not a character in the story, this is called ____________________.

• point of view

• first person point of view

• third person point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

the turning point in a story when everything may change for the character

• climax

• conflict

• direct characterization

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

when the conflict is solved at the end of a story

• conflict

• resolution

• exposition

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Never talk to strangers is an example of...

• characters

• setting

• conflict

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Nemo swims too close to the surface of the water and gets captured by a diver. The diver brings Nemo to a dentist's office and puts him in a fish tank. Nemo's father Marlin and another fish in sea, Dory, set out on an adventure to try to find Nemo. Nemo is reunited with Marlin.

Which literary element is this an example of?

• setting

• characters

• plot

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

People and animals in a story are the....

• plot

• setting

• characters

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The _______ is the person telling the story.

• tone

• plot

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3