Literary Elements

Match the following

• FICTION

• A work of literature where the characters and events are invented by the writer

• PLOT

• The emotional highpoint of the story

• EXPOSITION

• The beginning of a story that may include

  characters and the setting

• CLIMAX

• The events that happen while the main character

  tries to solve the conflict

• RISING ACTION

• The sequence of events in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the following

• CHARACTERS

• The conversation between characters

• SETTING

• The outcome of the story

• DIALOGUE

• People (or animals) that take part in the story’s plot

• FALLING ACTION

• Where and when a story takes place

• RESOLUTION

• The events between the climax and resolution

  where the loose ends get tied up

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the following

• GENRE

• The person or voice that tells the story

• POINT OF VIEW

• Words or phrases that appeal to the readers’ senses

• NARRATOR

• The feeling or atmosphere that an author creates in

  a literary work

• MOOD

• The type of literature characterized by a particular

  form or style

• IMAGERY

• The perspective from which the story is told

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Match the following

• SYMBOLISM

• A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.

• FLASHBACK

• When earlier events are inserted into the story

• TONE

• The author’s attitude or feelings about characters,

  situations or topics

• IRONY

• The central idea or message about life that the

  author wants to convey to the reader

• THEME

• An object, person, place or event that represents

  something else entirely

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

When authors give clues or hint at events that will

happen in the future

• FLASHBACK

• FORESHADOW

• RESOLUTION

• EXPOSITION

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A character that changes in a dramatic way

• DYNAMIC CHARACTER

• STATIC CHARACTER

• ROUND CHARACTER

• FLAT CHARACTER

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A character that remains the same during the story

• DYNAMIC CHARACTER

• STATIC CHARACTER

• ROUND CHARACTER

• ROUND CHARACTER

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A character that is presented in a complex way

• DYNAMIC CHARACTER

• STATIC CHARACTER

• ROUND CHARACTER

• FLAT CHARACTER

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A character that is represented with just a single character trait

• DYNAMIC CHARACTER

• STATIC CHARACTER

• ROUND CHARACTER

• FLAT CHARACTER

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Exists when the outcome of a situation is the opposite of

what one would expect

• VERBAL IRONY

• SITUATIONAL IRONY

• DRAMATIC IRONY

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3