Story Elements
The events in a story that move the plot forward, involving conflicts and complications, and builds toward the climax of the story.
What is rising action?
A book with characters
who are involved in a
puzzle. There are clues
and something to figure
out.
What is a mystery?
Giving an animal
or object
human
characteristics
What is personification?
The story is told by one of the characters, using the pronouns I, me, and my
What is first person?
Looking at nearby words to determine the meaning of an unknown word.
What is using context clues?
The main character in a selection, usually the “good guy”
Who is the protagonist?
A book with fictional
characters which
takes place in a real
setting from the
past.
What is historical fiction?
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
What is a simile?
The point of view that uses the pronoun you
What is second person?
A summary that doesn't include personal opinions.
What is an objective summary?
The high point, or turning point, in a story—usually the most intense point near the end of a story
What is the climax?
A fiction work that
takes place in
modern day and all of
the events could
happen.
What is realistic fiction?
the repetition
of beginning
consonant
sounds
What is alliteration?
Narration from the point of view of one character with limited insight, uses pronouns like he, she, her, they and them
What is third person, limited POV?
The three purposes for authors in writing.
What are to persuade, to inform, and to entertain?
An internal conflict – a character wrestles with his or her conscience about what is right
What is a man versus self conflict?
A story with unusual
happenings that seem
impossible, but are
based on scientific fact.
It often takes place in the
future.
What is science fiction?
A phrase that says one thing but means something else
What is an idiom?
A first-person account of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation, not an entire biography
What is a memoir?
What is the theme?
The portion of a play or story where the problem is solved
What is the resolution?
The opposite of utopian literature. A story about a world where usually the government is controlling every decision of the general public.
What is dystopian literature?
Exaggeration; when the author stretches the truth
What is hyperbole?
The narrator sees and hears ALL events, thoughts, and actions of ALL of the characters in a selection, uses the pronouns he, she, her, they and them
What is third person, omniscient?
A clue or suggestion that an event will take place later in the story
What is foreshadowing?