ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

The character is...

• Where and when does the story takes place?
• Who tells the story through one character, many characters or the narrator?
• Who is in the story?

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CCSS.RL.6.3

The Point of View is...

• Where and when does the story take place?
• Who tells the story?
• Who is in the story?

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

 Conflict

• What is the highest point in the story?
• Who is in the story?
• What are the problems in the story?

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CCSS.RL.6.3

Theme

• What is the action of the story?
• What is the universal idea or central message?
• a)  What are the events that happen during a story?

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

Plot

• a)  How the story is composed to include: Beginning, Middle and End?
  How the story is composed to include: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution?
• a)  How the story is composed to include: Beginning, Middle and End?
•   How the story is composed to include: Exposition, Rising Action, and Irony?

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

Setting

• What happens in the story?
• Why the story takes place?
• Where the story takes place?

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

Antagonist

• Who is the opposite character in the story?
• Who is the main character in the story?
• Who is the main character in the story?

Protagonist

• Who is the opposite character in the story?
• Who is the main character in the story?
• Who is the minor character in the story?

Author

• Who is the character in the story?
• Who is the speaker of the story?
• Who is the writer of the story?

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

Historical Fiction

• True stories that are about the past.
• Stories from the past and history is brought   to life.
• Stories that are not real, from the past and about history.
  

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2