Elements of Literature Review

Front

Where and when a story takes place

Back

SETTING

Front

POINT OF VIEW

Back

The perspective from which the story is told

Front

THEME

Back

The lesson learned in a story; moral; universal truth

Front

The narrator is IN the story and TELLING the story. (I, me, my, we, us)

Back

FIRST PERSON

Front

The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE character (he, she, they)

Back

THIRD PERSON LIMITED

Front

The narrator is all-seeing and all-knowing

Back

THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT

Front

Beginning of the story that introduces: conflict, characters, and setting

Back

Exposition

Front

Events before the climax; Character's attempt to solve the problem, but fail

Back

Rising Action

Front

The turning point; the point of greatest suspense or action

Back

Climax

Front

Action and events that occur after the climax

Back

Falling Action