Unit 1 Review: Literary Elements

The time, place, and environment in which the events of a literary work take place

• plot

• setting

• mood

• tone

An imaginary person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work

• setting

• character

• point of view

• narrator

A brief work of fiction that usually presents a single plot, one or two main characters, and one important setting

• novel

• flashback

• plot

• short story

The series of events related to a central conflict, or struggle, in a literary work

• antagonist

• exposition

• plot

• protagonist

The central message or perception about life that is revealed through a literary work

• theme

• point of view

• setting

• plot

A struggle between two forces in a literary work

• plot

• setting

• protagonist

• conflict

The act of creating or describing a character

• foreshadowing

• characterization

• tone

• world building

Any work of prose that tells an invented or imaginary story

• fiction

• nonfiction

• theme

• characterization

The vantage point, or perspective, from which a story is told

• tone

• antagonist

• characterization

• point of view

The character playing the central role in a literary work

• protagonist

• antagonist

• background characters

• tone