Plot Elements
Writer
Reader
Features
Problems
100
the time and place where the story occurs
What is setting?
100
the vocabulary or phrases (language) the author uses to write their literature
What is word choice?
100
the overall emotional effect that the story has on the reader
What is mood?
100
the writer of the literary piece
What is author?
100
the problem, issue or struggle in the story
What is conflict?
200
what is the most essential plot element
What is conflict?
200
when the narrator is a character involved in the action and is telling the story from the inside
What is first person point of view?
200
using the clues in the context of the story to make an educated guess of what will happen next
What is prediction?
200
the name of the literature
What is title?
200
a conflict or struggle between a character and an outside force; man versus man, nature or society
What is external conflict?
300
the portion of the plot where the conflict becomes more complicated, building up tension in the story
What is rising action?
300
when the narrator is telling the story from the viewpoint of an outsider, they are not involved in the action
What is third person point of view?
300
using reasoning or knowledge gained from the text to figure out what is being stated (between the lines)
What is inference?
300
the subject of the piece of literature
What is topic?
300
the character responsible for or causing the conflict
What is antagonist?
400
the highest or most intense point of the plot, the changing point
What is climax?
400
the attitude of the author towards the subject/topic
What is tone?
400
the message or moral of the story
What is theme?
400
Any visual/written representation of language
What is text?
400
the part of the plot where the conflict is resolved
What is resolution?
500
the moment of reversal after the climax, when all of the conflicts are being sorted out and plot is calming
What is falling action?
500
the writing strategies and approach an author chooses to use in their literature
What is writing style?
500
the person who tells the story to the audience
What is narrator?
500
literature that is created by the author from his/her imagination
What is fiction?
500
the highest or most intense point of the plot, where the goal is met or changed
What is climax?
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