Literary Elements

What is main idea?

• The title

• Where the story takes place

• Who is in the story

• What the story is mostly about

What is characterization?

• Who is in the story

• How the author describes the people in the story

• Where the story takes place

• What the story is mostly about

What is setting?

• When and where the story takes place

• Who is in the story

• What the story is mostly about

• Who wrote the story

What is conflict?

• The problem or struggle

• The most important part of the story

• When and where the story takes place

• What I learned about the story

What is inferencing?

• An educated guess based on context clues

• What the story says

• Something I make up

• The right answer

PIE stands for:

• Purpose, Impact, Elements

• Potato, Ice cream, Eggs

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

• Population, Inference, Example

What book did we read as a class last week?

What is plot?

• The sequence of events in the story

• The main character in the story

• The central message or lesson of the story

• The time and place of the story

What is climax?

• The beginning of the story

• The turning point or most intense moment

• The end of the story

• The introduction of characters

What is resolution?

• The problem or struggle

• The most important part of the story

• When and where the story takes place

• The conclusion or wrapping up of the story