Literary Elements

when the authors reveals what a character is like through their thoughts/actions/ words or through the thoughts and words of others

ex. She often donates her time and money to those who are less fortunate.

• direct characterization

• exposition

• indirect characterization

• fiction

happens at the beginning of the story, reveals the characters, setting, background, main conflict, and point of view of the story

• falling action

• setting

• climax

• exposition

a character that fits into one of the different known types of characters 

ex. hero, criminal, lover, magician, explorer, wise, creator, innocent, caregiver, joker, average, ruler

• rising action

• archetypal characater

• point of view

• direct characterization

when minor conflicts occur before the main conflict in the story, builds up the suspense.

• rising action

• falling action

• static character

• resolution

a character that is fully developed by the author, important, main characters

• flat character

• round character

• archetypal character

• conflict

the point in the plot where the tension and conflict reach its peak, the middle of the plot mountain

• resolution

• falling action

• dynamic character

• climax

a character that is not fully developed by the author, not important, minor characters

• flat character

• characterization

• point of view

• static character

the point in the plot where the conflict begins to work out and the tension is less

• exposition

• falling action

• conflict

• resolution

a character that changes by the end of the story

ex. the rainbow fish

• round character

• flat character

• dynamic character

• character

when the conflict is completely resolved, a the end of the story

• resolution

• point of view

• exposition

• conflict