Literary Elements Vocabulary Words and Pictures

the central topic or idea explored in a text

• character

• setting

• theme

the main events of a story

• plot

• theme

• setting

the time and place of a story

• plot

• theme

• setting

a struggle between two opposing forces (problem)

• conflict

• character

• setting

a person in a book or movie

• theme

• setting

• character

a problem between a character and outside forces

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• resolve

to find a solution to a problem

• protagonist

• resolve

• setting

character who opposes the protagonist, adversary

• internal conflict

• resolve

• antagonist

leading character in a book or movie, hero

• conflict

• protagonist

• plot

a problem faced by a character inside their own mind

• internal conflict

• setting

• theme