Plot Elements
Meanings
It's in the Details
Necessary Elements
Examples
100
A series of actions; the plan of the story
What is Plot
100
The central idea or universal truth that the story examines.
What is Theme
100
Something that on the surface is literal but which also has another meaning
What is Symbol
100
The central character
What is Protagonist
100
“Before they laughed at me and despised me for my ignorance and dullness; now they hate me for my knowledge and understanding.”
Who is 'Charlie Gordon?'
200
The opposition between forces in a story, the problem to be solved
What is Conflict
200
Who tells the story and how it is told; 1st person – the narrator is in the story, 3rd person – the narrator is an outsider.
What is Point of View
200
The total environment of a fictional work. This includes time period and the place.
What is Setting
200
Whatever opposing force the protagonist struggles with
What is Antagonist
200
“two roads diverged in a yellow wood” is a line in ____________by ____________ _______________
What is "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost?
300
The turning point, the action or decision that determines the outcome
What is Climax
300
The writer's attitude toward his readers and his subject.
What is Tone
300
A device that allows the writer to present events that happened before the time of the current narration
What is Flashback
300
A series of actions; the plan of the story
What is Plot
300
In this story the narrator claims repeatedly that he is not mad.
What is The Tell-Tale Heart?
400
How the story is resolved
What is Conclusion
400
The overall feeling the reader gets from the work.
What is Mood
400
The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in literature.
What is Foreshadowing
400
Who tells the story and how it is told; 1st person – the narrator is in the story, 3rd person – the narrator is an outsider.
What is Point of View
400
What explanation does the narrator offer in place of the idea that he is mad?
What are "overly sharpened senses?"
500
Two different types of Conflict and examples of both
What are Internal Conflict & External Conflict teacher's approval of examples
500
A literary mode based on criticism of people and society through ridicule.
What is Satire
500
The central idea or universal truth that the story examines.
What is Theme
500
The total environment of a fictional work. Setting includes time period and the place.
What is Setting
500
An Example: Horror, Fear, Suspense
What is Mood
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