Elements in literature
Story elements
Story elements II
Characters
Conflict & characters
100
Categories for literary and informational works (biography, mystery, historical fiction, nonfiction, drama, etc.)
What is genres ?
100
The time and place of a story that helps create the mood in a story as inside a spooky house or inside a shopping mall during the holidays.
What is setting ?
100
Opening of the story- where setting is often discribed, characters are introduced and the narrator's point of view is revealed.
What is introduction ?
100

These are used to describe the depth of traits a character has

What is flat & round?

100

The "good guy" and "bad guy" in a story

Who are the protagonist & antagonist?

200
language not meant to be taken literally: metaphors, personification, hyperboles, and similes.
What is figurative language or figures of speech ?
200
A series of events or pattern of events that "make up the story." (tells what happens).
What is plot ?
200
The struggle (s) between different forces in the story which are the main interest of the story. Examples- character vs. nature, character vs. character, character vs. himself/herself and character vs. society. Maybe more than one of these in a story.
What is conflict ?
200

These are used to describe how much change a character goes through

What is static & dynamic?

200

This type of conflict usually occurs in superhero movies.

What is person vs. person

300

This is the moment that drives the entire plot

What is inciting incident?

300
The "most" exciting moment in the story or the "turning point" in the story.
What is climax ?
300
Return to previous events by way of characters telling memories, dreams, family stories, etc. to each other or the reader.
What is flashback ?
300

This is a secondary character, they don't have many traits & don't go through change

What is flat & static?

300

This type of conflict occurs in movies like Jaws & Twister

What is person vs. nature

400
The perspective or outlook from which a writer tells a story. (1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person-objective, subjective, limited or omniscient.
What is point of view ?
400
Final part of the story when the characters' problems are solved and the story ends.
What is resolution ?
400
The central idea, moral, message by the author, and/or lesson of a short story, novel, poetry, and/or play. It is never "stated."
What is theme ?
400

This would be used to describe a character who goes through little change, but has many traits

What is static & round?

400

This type of conflict occurs in movies like The Hunger Games & Shrek

What is person vs. society?

500

This is the name for the BULK of the story

What is rising action?

500
Clues or hints to events to come.
What is forshadowing?
500
How the author reveals the traits of the character
What is characterization ?
500

This character goes through many changes & has many traits

What is dynamic & round?

500

This type of conflict occurs in movies like Tangled & The Grinch

What is person vs. self?

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