Literary Elements List 1

Characterization is when an author creates characters by describing their (check all that apply)

• looks

• actions

• thoughts and feelings

• school

Indirect characterization is when

• the author tells the character's looks, personality traits, likes and dislikes

• the author reveals a character's traits through thoughts, actions, speech and interaction with others

• the author describes the time and location where the story takes place

• the author reveals an important lesson to the reader

Direct characterization is when

• the author reveals an important truth to the reader

• the author describes the time and location of a story

• the author describes a character's looks, personality, likes and dislikes

• the author reveals a character's traits through actions, speech, thoughts, and interactions with others

Plot is

• a message from the story

• the people in a story

• the time and place of a story

• the main events in a story

Theme is

• the message of the story and a lesson to be learned

• the time and place of a story

• the people in a story

• the main events of a story

Conflict is (choose all that apply)

• a problem caused by the antagonist that the protagonist must solve

• the big problem the main character faces

• a problem caused by the protagonist that the main character has to solve

• any problem in a story

Irony is

• when the opposite of what a reader expects happens in a story

• a play on words in a story

• a retort made by a character

• increasing suspense in a story

In When Stars are Scattered, the author tell us that Omar has brown hair, brown eyes, and younger brother names Hassan.

This is an example of

• theme

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• plot

In Finding Nemo, Dory says “When life gets you down, you know what you gotta do? Just keep swimming.”

This is an example of

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• theme

• plot

Never give up on the people you love.

This is an example of

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• plot

• theme