Literary Elements
The person telling the story.
Who is the Narrator?
Time and place of a story: when and where.
What is setting?
The reason the author wrote the piece.
What is author's purpose?
The first sentence of the essay that grabs the readers' attention.
What is a hook?
In drama, this gives information about how characters should say their lines, where or how they should move, or where props should go.
What are stage directions?
Which is correct?
A) The mistake is ours.
B) The mistake is our's.
What is A?
The problem that drives the story and creates the action.
What is conflict?
Positive or negative emotions associated with a word based on the context in which it is used.
What is connotation?
Rhetorical device that appeals to the audience's emotions.
What is pathos?
Which is correct?
A) The children's school is on St. Mary's Street.
B) The childrens' school is on St. Mary's Street.
What is A?
The author's attitude toward the topic.
What is tone?
The universal lesson, moral, or message the reader should learn from a story.
What is theme?
Examples/evidence that reinforces the thesis.
What is support?
In drama, this is the conversation between characters.
What is dialogue?
Choose the correct word to fill the blank below:
Mr. Mares is the __________________ (principle, principal) of our school.
What is principal?
The main character
Who is the protagonist?
The events that make up a story.
What is the plot?
Take it apart and examine the pieces closely.
What is analyze?
In this persuasive technique, the audience looks to the credibility of the speaker/author.
What is ethos?
Choose the 2 correct words to fill in the blanks below:
Please place your tests ________________ (hear, here) when ____________ (your, you're) done.
What is are here and you're?
The narrator is a character in the story (characterized by the use of I, me, and my).
What is 1st person point of view?
The narrator is outside the story (characterized by the use of he, she, they, them, etc.)
What is 3rd person point of view?
Use clues to come to a conclusion.
What is inference (to infer)?
When an opinion is stated without any support to back it up.
What is unsubstantiated?
The order of events on a plot line in order
What are exposition (including conflict), rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?