Elements of Literature

This includes the setting, characters, and conflict that are established EARLY in a story.

This is an outline of the major events that take place in a story in chronological order.

This person knows and sees all in the story.  He can even tell what characters are thinking.

This is when the story winds down, coming to a conclusion.

True or False:  Every literary work has a theme.

Introduction, rising action, complications, climax, falling action, and resolution are _______.

This is the struggle between opposing forces.  You must have a _____ to have a story.

These are the problems or hardships that confront characters of the story.

The theme of a story can be ___________ or _________ by the author.

There are ____ types of conflict.

The types of conflict are man against:

This is conversation between characters in literature.

This is the turning point where something happens that changes the outcome of the story.

These are hints or clues to tell about the events that will happen later in the story.

This is when all the problems of the story are resolved in some manner.

This is the main feeling of the story that the reader can identify while reading.

The story is told by someone acting as "reporter" of the action of the story.

This is how the author lets the reader "get to know" the characters.

Examples of characterization are all of the following except...

This is the time (when), the place (where), and mood of a story. 

This point of view is a character who tells the story from his point of view. He uses "I."

Every author has some message he wants to get across to the reader through his story. This is..

This is the action of the story, which begins in increase in excitement.

This is the vantage point from which a story is told. The "who" that is telling the story.