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

people in the story who carry out the action

• plot

• setting

• rising action

• characters

where or when the story takes place

• setting

• exposition

• persepctive

• rising action

two things being seen or placed close together for contrasting effect

• perspective

• conflict

• falling action

• juxtaposition

the message the author is trying to express within a story

• resolution

• falling action

• theme

• point of view

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

• exposition

• conflict

• inciting incident

• tone

the beginning of the story, reveals the characters + setting

• plot

• perspective

• characterization

• exposition

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

• A) Theme

• B) Setting

• C) Plot

• D) Characterization

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

• A) Conflict

• B) Resolution

• C) Theme

• D) Exposition

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

• A) Plot

• B) Setting

• C) Character

• D) Theme