Elements of Plot
Character
Literary Elements
Flowers Lit. Elements
100
the end of the story
What is the resolution?
100
the main character in a work of literature
What is the protagonist?
100
the overall feeling in a work of literature
What is mood?
100
the person telling the story (i.e. Charlie)
Who is the narrator?
200
the point of the story with the greatest emotional intensity
What is the climax?
200
the vantage point from which a story is told
What is point-of-view?
200
the author's message in a work of literature
What is theme?
200
the way an author chooses to organize a text
What is text structure?
300
the result of the climax
What is falling action?
300
the character who opposes the protagonist?
What is the antagonist?
300
the author's clues about what is to come in a story
What is foreshadowing?
300
other word for time order
What is chronological?
400
adds complications to the story's conflict
What is rising action?
400
a character that stays the same throughout the story
What is a static character?
400
the uncertainty or anxiety a reader feels about what will happen next in a story
What is suspense?
400
when the reader/audience knows something the character does not
What is dramatic irony?
500
the part of the plot that gives information about the characters and their problems
What is the exposition?
500
a character who grows and changes throughout the story
What is a dynamic character?
500
the difference between what is expected and what actually happens in a work of literature
What is irony?
500
an educated guess based on the information from the text
What is an inference?
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