Plot Structure and Literary Elements

Which elements of a story can help you determine what a character is like? Choose ALL that apply

• Speech

• Thoughts

• Effects on Others

• Actions

• Looks

The character opposing or going against the main character in a literary work...

• antagonist

• static character

• dynamic character

• protagonist

Rising Action

• the element of plot structure that develops the conflict through a series of events to build interest and/or suspense and leads up to the climax

• the element of plot structure that takes place after the climax

• the central or universal idea of a literary work that often relates to morals and/or values

• the type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content

Label all the elements on the plot diagram.

c

b

d

e

a

Falling Action

Climax

Resolution

Exposition

Rising Action

Match the following vocabulary term to the correct definition.

• indirect characterization

• revealing aspects of a character through their actions, thoughts, speech, other characters, etc.

• direct characterization

• the method in which an author constructs a character by explicitly stating aspects of his/her personality and appearance

• conflict

• in literature, the opposition of persons or forces that brings about dramatic action central to the plot of a story

Match the following vocabulary terms to the correct definition.

• literary elements

• The basic components of most literary works such as setting, plot, characterization, point of view, theme, tone, etc.

• mood

• The atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage.

• meter

• The basic rhythmic structure in verse, composed of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Match the following vocabulary terms to the correct definition.

• foreshadowing

• a literary device used by an author to provide hints about future events and details that may occur later in the story

• flashback

• a brief interruption in the plot that describes an earlier event or time in order to provide clarity, background, and context about an event currently taking place in the narrative

• dramatic irony

• a dramatic device in which a character says or does something that he or she does not fully grasp but is understood by the audience

Which one is same as denouement?

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Resolution

What element of plot is the most intense part?

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Resolution

Which part of the story is the same as the set-up of the story where the characters, background, and setting were being revealed?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Climax