Literary elements

1. Literary elements

2. Setting • The time and place a story occurs

3. Point of View The way a story gets told • First Person — character in story tells story • Third Person Limited — person outside of story tells story but focuses on thoughts and feelings of one character • Third person omniscient — person outside of the story knows thoughts and feeling of all characters

4. Character • Person or animal in the story • Protagonist — Character faced with the conflict • Antagonist — Character who creates the problem • Static character — the character does not change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story • Dynamic character — the character has some kind of internal change or insight by the end of the story

5. Plot • The events in the story

6. Exposition • Introduces the setting and the characters • Sets up or hints at the conflict • Once upon a time there were three bears who lived in a beautiful forest. While they were gone one day, a girl named Goldilocks broke into their house.

7. Inciting Incident • The event that causes the conflict; what happens to get the story going

8. Rising Action • Shows how the conflict becomes more difficult • Builds suspense • The three bears came home from their walk to find Goldilocks asleep in Baby Bear’s bed. As they stood talking about the situation, she woke up.

9. Conflict • Problem in the story • Man vs. Man • Man vs. Nature • Man vs. Society • Man vs. Himself

10. Man vs Man

11. Man vs. Nature

12. Man vs. Society

13. Man vs. Himself • Jealousy, envy, self-hatred, depression

14. Climax • The most exciting part of the story (turning point)I wonder what’s going to happen?

15. Falling Action • How the story wraps itself up • The three bears came home from their walk and discovered that someone had eaten their food and sat in their chairs.

16. Resolution / Denouement • How the conflict is resolved; how the story ends • Then Goldilocks woke up, saw the bears, ran out of the house and never returned again.

17. Theme • A central message or insight into life; a lesson about life or people that the literary work communicates. • Love conquers all • Money can’t buy happiness • Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked in his shoes

18. Purpose • The reason why the author wrote the book or article • Entertain --Persuade • Inform

19. Allusion • Reference to famous historical, biblical, or literary people or events • Donald Trump is such a King Midas.

20. Flashback • Interruption in story to show scene which occurred earlier. Gives background information about character and plot. Going back in time to fill in details

21. Foreshadowing • Clues from the author that tell the reader what is going to happen before the characters know

22. Mood • The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

23. Tone • The writer’s attitude toward the audience or subject; can usually be described by a single adjective; often referred to as author’s attitude. • Sad,excited, thrilled, apprehensive, anxious,shocked

24. Symbol • A concrete object which represents an abstract idea • Freedom Love