Literary Elements
The time and place that a story takes place.
What is the setting?
The character that is the main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
Name one literary genre.
What is poetry?
OR
What is drama?
OR
What is fiction?
What is a symbol?
When the reader knows more than the characters in a story
What is dramatic irony?
What is narrative point of view?
Speech and actions, inner thoughts and feelings, physical appearance, and the opinions of others may each be used for this.
What is characterization?
A short story is a _____ of fiction.
What is a literary form?
With this type of figurative language, something that is not human is endowed with humanlike characteristics/traits.
What is personification?
The high point of interest or suspense in a narrative plot
What is the climax or turning point?
What is third person point of view?
This type of character does not experience growth.
What is a static character?
This is a category or type that falls under genre, such as "romance," "science fiction," "gothic horror," etc.
What is a literary subgenre?
An object, word, gesture, situation, or even a person can appear in a text as a _____.
What is a symbol?
A central message or insight of life that is revealed through a literary work
(sometimes this is presented simply as a question raised by a text)
What is a theme?
This explains why characters take certain actions or hold certain viewpoints. [It starts with "m."]
What is motivation?
This type of character is not a main character in a work of literature.
What is a minor character?
A category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content.
What is genre?
This type of symbol carries meaning for a large cultural audience. (For example, white flags representing surrender.)
What is a universal symbol?
Difference between what is said and what is meant
What is (verbal) irony?
Sequence of events in a literary work, arranged for dramatic effect
What is plot?
This type of character changes over the course of a story. The change could be represented as a change perspective or values, based upon the events that have unfolded in the story.
What is a dynamic character?
This term refers to the structure of a text; the way it is written/constructed.
What is a literary form?
This type of symbol holds meaning only within a specific work and would not be recognized as carrying the same symbolic meaning outside of that specific work.
What is a private symbol?
Struggle between opposing forces
[In a plot line, an "inciting incident" intensifies or creates this struggle]
What is conflict?