Literary Elements

the general feeling the reader has throughout the work

The characters, setting, time and culture in which a story takes place

what the characters say in the selection

where the author ties up all loose ends and the message becomes clearer

type of conflict that takes place in a characters mind

example of man vs. man conflict

an outside narrator tells the story from one character's perspective

part of plot that introduces the conflict

the person in a work of fiction or characteristics of a person

the big idea or lesson the story conveys about life

a person,  place or thing that represents something else

the action after the climax

the character who is against the protaganist

the high point of the action

the sequence of events in a story or play

the author reveals a character through speech and actions

defined as the angle from which the story is told

how the author feels about a piece and presents it

part of the story in which the setting and characters are introduced

the reasons characters act the way they do