Literary Elements A Long Way Gone

The problem in the story, between the main character and someone/something else or the main character and themself

• conflict

• perspective

• climax

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

people in the story who carry out the action

• plot

• setting

• rising action

• characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

where or when the story takes place

• setting

• exposition

• persepctive

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

two things being seen or placed close together for contrasting effect

• perspective

• conflict

• falling action

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the message the author is trying to express within a story

• resolution

• falling action

• theme

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the event that starts the journey of the character/rising action

• exposition

• conflict

• inciting incident

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

the beginning of the story, reveals the characters + setting

• plot

• perspective

• characterization

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What literary element describes the time and place in which a story occurs?

• A) Theme

• B) Setting

• C) Plot

• D) Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which literary element refers to the struggle between opposing forces in a story?

• A) Conflict

• B) Resolution

• C) Theme

• D) Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the term for the sequence of events in a story?

• A) Plot

• B) Setting

• C) Character

• D) Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3