Literary Elements 1
What is a setting?
Time and place a story takes place.
What is a character?
Person, animal, or creature in a story.
The events that occur after the climax and before the resolution.
Falling Action
What is characterization?
Te act of creating a character
James failed his test and he is scared to tell his parents.
What type of conflict? internal or external? man vs __________?
internal; man vs self
What is a theme?
The lesson, central idea, or message that the author is trying to convey to the reader.
The events that occur between the exposition and the climax.
Rising Action
What is a conflict?
The problem in a story.
What is a plot?
The series of events in a story.
What is a climax?
The most intense moment in the story.
What is an antagonist?
The "bad" guy in a story. The force opposite of the main character.
Type of conflict where the main character battles the beliefs and actions of a group of people.
Man vs. Society
What is a protagonist?
The "good" guy in a story. The main character.
John's computer crashed. What type of conlfict is this? Internal or external? What specific conflict is this?
External; man vs technology
Type of conflict where the main character battles natural forces.
Man vs. Nature
Joann walked in the room, glared at Rick and then hit him.
What type of characterization is the above scenario?
Indirect characterization
Type of conflict where the main character battles internally with themselves.
Man vs. Self
The main conflict that kick starts the story.
The feeling a reader feels when reading a piece of writing.
Mood
What is tone?
The author's attitude towards what they are writing about.
James was sad when he went home.
What type of characterization is the above scenario?
Direct Characterization
The end of a narrative.
Resolution
tell me what indirect characterization is...
When the author "shows" how a character is by describing it
A good author includes descriptions of the setting using.......
The five senses
Type of conflict where the main character battles another character.
Man vs. Man