Literary Elements and Parts of Plot Sample Story

All the way to school, Nelson felt upset with himself. "Why had he played video games all night instead of studying for his Algebra test?" What type of conflict is this?

• internal

• external

What is conflict?

• Two characters getting along.

• A struggle between two opposing forces.

• The climax in a story.

You can learn a character's traits by watching the character's ...

• thoughts, words, actions

• physical appearance 

• spiritual appearance

• thoughts, farts, actions

What describes a character

• conflict

• character traits

• character problems

• none of these

What is direct characterization?

• Reactions of other characters give us information we need

• We learn about a character through their physical appearance

• We learn about a character through their thoughts

• An author tells you directly about a character

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• climax

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

The story's time and place is

• tone

• plot

• setting

• voice

An individual in a literary work is called

• setting

• plot

• narrator

• character