Literary Elements Vocab Review

Where and when the story takes place.

• Time

• Location

• Setting

• Plot

A related series of events that build towards the point of greatest interest.

• Climax

• Rising action

• Falling action

• Conflict

The message or lesson the author wants to share with the reader.

• Theme

• Dialogue

• Main idea

• Plot

The main problem of the story.

• Resolution

• Climax

• Conflict

• Mood/Tone

The person in a story who tries to stop the hero or heroine from achieving their goal.

• Protagonist

• The reader

• The author

• Antagonist

Conversation between two or more people in a story.

• Mood/Tone

• Dialogue

• Paragraphs

• Conflict

The feeling or emotion you get when you read a story.

• Dialogue

• Mood/Tone

• Theme

• Main idea

When the problem of the story is solved and the story ends.

• Resolution

• Falling action

• Exposition

• Climax

The main events of a story.

• Plot

• Main idea

• Theme

• Rising Action

A category of book characterized by its form, style, and subject matter.

• Mood/Tone

• Genre

• Setting

• Rising action