Literary Elements
Where and when a story takes place.
Setting
1.The good guy in the story.
2. The character opposing the main character. The bad guy.
1. Protagonist
2. Antagonist
The main character is telling the story and uses words like I, me, and my.
First person Point of View
Sound effect words
Onomatopoeia
Telling what is alike and what is different between two or more things.
Compare and Contrast
Individuals involved in the action of the story.
Characters.
1. A story that is made up and is not real.
2. A story that its real and actually happened.
1. Fiction
2. Non-Fiction
An outside narrator is telling the story and uses words like he, she, her, him, and characters names.
Third person point of view.
An exaggeration of the truth
Hyperbole
When the action of the story begins to increase and the suspense begins to build.
Rising Action
The beginning of the story in which the characters and setting are introduced to the reader.
Exposition
1. Something that you can prove.
2. The way that you feel about something. Can't be proven.
1. Fact
2. Opinion
The person telling the story is called the____
narrator
A comparison of two unlike things that uses the words like and as.
Simile
Hints or clues as to what will happen later in the story.
Foreshadowing
The struggle between opposing forces.
Conflict
1. Words that mean the same as another word.
2. Words that mean the opposite of another word.
1. Synonym
2. Antonym
The narrator speaks directly to the reader and uses words like you and yours.
Second person point of view.
Giving human like qualities to non human things
Personification
Mood
The lesson or moral learned in the story.
Theme
1. Letters added on to the beginning of a word that changes what the word means.
2. Letters added on to the end of a word that changes what a word means.
1. Prefix
2. Suffix
This type of third person narration is all knowing and knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
This type of third person narration is NOT all knowing and only knows the thoughts and feelings of the main character.
Third Person Omniscient
Third Person Limited.
A comparison of two unlike things that is a name caller.
Metaphor.
The attitude an author takes toward a subject, character or audience.
Tone