literary Elements 1
This gives you a clue that something is about to happen in a story
foreshadowing
The big idea that a story is trying to tell you about life, people, or love
What is the theme?
Something that represents something else
What is a symbol?
A comparing two things without using like or as
She is a witch
What is a metaphor?
When two young people love each other, but not seriously
What is puppy love?
This is the main character in a story we are rooting for
The Protagonist
The way a story makes you feel
What is the mood?
The character working against the main character in a story
What is the antagonist
What two things can the color red symbolize
What is love and anger?
When a couple decides they don't love each other anymore they do this
What is break up?
This is the problem the characters have to solve that creates all the action
conflict
The beginning, middle, and end of a story.
What is the plot?
How the conflict of a story is solved
What is the resolution?
What can black and white symbolize in a movie?
What are things that happen in the past?
When you like someone, but it is a secret or they just don't know
What is a crush
Where and when the story takes place
What is the setting?
When a non living thing is given human characteristics
What is personification
a writer's attitude toward the subject or characters
What is tone?
The color green can symbolize this
What is growth and fertility
When you love someone so much you can't see any of their faults
What is love is blind?
The information you get about what happened before the story began
the exposition
The most exciting part of the story, or the turning point
What is the climax?
I comparison using like or as:
She is as mean as a wicth
What is a simile
What can the color yellow symbolize?
What is happiness?
When you are in a new place and everything feels unfamiliar
What is like a fish out of water