Literary Elements

A person in a story

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

• Character

When the problem gets addressed in a story and something changes for the main character(s)

• Plot

• Resolution

• Turning point or climax

• Theme

What is happening in a story

• Plot

• Theme

• Character

• Setting

Where or when (time and place) of a story

• Plot

• Character

• Setting

• Theme

An idea in a story that a reader in any time or place can relate to

• Theme

• Character

• Setting

• Resolution

The main problem a character in a story faces

• Setting

• Theme

• Resolution

• Conflict

The feeling in a story

• Character

• Setting

• Theme

• Mood

A character, a setting, or an object that means something deeper, usually connected to a theme

• Symbolism

• Resolution

• Plot

• Mood

When something is described in a non-literal way or appeals to the 5 senses

• setting

• figurative language

• mood

• theme

When a character speaks and the words are in quotation marks

• theme

• dialogue

• setting

• narration