literary Elements 1
Where and when the story takes place
setting
The big idea/lesson that a story is trying to tell you about
What is the theme?
Something that represents something else
What is a symbol?
The perspective of a story.
Point of View
An exaggeration.
Ex. I could eat a horse.
What is a hyperbole?
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
When a character is struggling within themselves.
Internal Conflict
Person Vs. Self
"Tick tock" of a clock, "ding dong" of a doorbell.
What is onomatopoeia?
This is the problem the characters have to solve that creates all the action
conflict
This makes up the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
What is the plot?
When the conflict of a story is solved
What is the resolution?
The POV an author uses when they want to bring the reader into the story.
2nd Person ("you")
When you give objects/ideas human qualities.
Ex. The wind screamed through the air.
What is personification.
Information about a character that is blatantly told to the reader.
Direct Characterization
The words or phrases of an author. How you identify tone.
Mood
a writer's attitude toward the subject or characters
What is tone?
The events leading up to the climax where tensions begin to build.
Rising Action
Comparing two things that are not alike
Ex. She is a witch.
What is a metephor?
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?
Information of a character that is based on their actions.
Indirect Characterization
The events after the climax of a story where tenses and conflicts begin to diminish.
Falling Action
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
Ex. When he goes to a new place he is like a fish out of water.
What is a simile?