Literary Elements and Other Terms

Match the following terms to the correct definitions.

• A person, animal, or inanimate object

• Climax

• The problem or struggled

• Setting

• The beginning of a story

• Conflict

• The turning point; most intense moment

• Exposition

• The time and place of a story

• Character

Match the following literary terms with their correct definitions.

• Protagonist tries to solve the problem

• Theme

• Overall message or life lesson

• Rising Action

• Sequence of events including conflict

• Falling Action

• Conflict is completely over

• Plot

• Suspense is decreasing after the climax

• Resolution

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

What is a NARRATOR?

• A person gathering others around to hear a story

• An author

• A person, animal, or thing telling the story or giving an account of something

• A person who enjoys reading narrative nonfiction

Match the following

• a word that has different meaning when the context of the sentence changes

• multiple meaning word

• introduces the characters ,setting and basic situation

• rising action

• a short work of nonfiction that expresses the author's feelings

• exposition

• events that increase the tension of the conflict

• reflective essay

Which point of view shows the narrator telling their own story?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Which point of view shows the narrator telling one character's story from OUTSIDE the narrative?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Which point of view shows the narrator telling multiple characters' perspectives from OUTSIDE the narrative?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Which point of view showcases the narrator speaking TO the reader?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

What is the perspective from which a story is told?

• setting

• point of view

• plot

• character's view