Literary Elements 1

the time and place of a story; when and where a story takes place

the narrator is NOT in the story and only knows the thoughts and feeling of one character

the main character in the story; the good guy

what is it called when the author wants you to learn from the story; the message or insight

The end, the conclusion, the tying together of all the threads

vantage point/perspective from which a story is told

The narrator is a character in the story AND is telling the story through his/her perspective

all of the action which follow the climax

what is it called when a character is conflicted with himself- man vs self

a literary term that descirbes the series of events within a story; what happens in the story

man vs man, nature, society or the supernatural is called what?

What is another name for the bad person or event in a story?

series of conflicts that lead to the climax

The struggle between opposing forces, self, or characters

the most intense moment, the turning point

The narrator is NOT in the story and knows the thoughts, actions, and felling of all characters

very beginning; this introduces the conflict, characters and the setting