Basic Literary Elements
Complex Literary Elements
100
The events and direction of a story
What is plot?
100
The character who drives the plot
Who is
200
A object, person, or idea that represents something else
What is a symbol?
200
The character who opposes the main character.
Who is the antagonist?
300
The dominant topic or idea of a piece of literature
What is a theme?
300
a character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character/
What is a foil?
400
The lesson learned from a piece of literature
What is a moral?
400
the author or narrators attitude toward the subject being addressed
What is tone?
500
The three aspects of setting
What are time, place, and atmosphere?
500
The feeling a piece of literature evokes
What is mood?
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