Elements of Literature

Basic Elements

100

One of the people or animals in a story.

What is a character?

200

DAILY DOUBLE???!!!?!!??!??! The person or force that works against the hero/main character in the story.

What is the Antagonist?

300

The main character in a story, often a good or heroic type.

What is the Protagonist?

400

The place and time frame in which a story takes place.

What is the Setting?

500

DEAL OR NO DEAL?!?!????! The general storyline

What is the Plot?

Briefcase #1 = +700

Briefcase #2 = -100

Literary Devices

100

DEAL OR NO DEAL?!???!??? A Comparison that uses "like" or "as".

What is a simile?

Briefcase #1: +200

Briefcase #2: +300

200

Giving human qualities to inanimale objects.

What is personification?

300

DAILY DOUBLE!!????!????!??!!! An object, place, person that stands for something beyond itself.

What is symbolism?

400

The use of vivid language and sensory details to help a reader visualize a text.

What is imagery?

500

A comparison between two different things or ideas that share something in common.

What is a metaphor?

Literary Elements

100

The message about life or human nature that is "hidden" in the story that the writer tells.

What is Theme?

200

DAILY DOUBLE!?!??!?????!!!! One of the characters in the story is telling the story. (I, me). What is an another popular point of view to tell a story in?

What is First-Person Point of View? Third person.

300

DEAL OR NO DEAL?!????!!!! This is an exaggeration that rhymes with holymoly 

What is Hyperbole?

Briefcase #1: -300

Briefcase #2: +400

400

DAILY DOUBLE?!????!!!!!?!?! The serious, funny, or satiric attitude or feeling revealed by the characters, word choice, and general writing style in literature.

What is Tone?

500

The methods an author uses to develop a character’s personality, motivations, and relationships

Characterization

Plot

100

A problem between characters

What is Conflic?

200

This introduces characters and settings while supplying background and setting the tone.

What is Exposition?

300

DEAL OR NO DEAL?!???!???! This introduces complications (problems) which build suspense and is when the plot "thickens."

What is Rising Action?

Briefcase #1 = +600

Briefcase #2 = -200

400

DAILY DOUBLE?!?!??!?????!!! This is the turning point of the story and the moment when the suspense reaches its peak which results in a change for the main character. This sometimes occurs at the end of the story.

What is the Climax?

500

This occurs after the climax of the story, resolves conflict and ties up loose ends of the story.

What is the Falling Action/Resolution?