Literary Element Flashcards
Antagonist
The force that works against the main character
Protagonist
The main character of a story
Settings
Where and when a story takes place
Plot
The events in a story - what happens to the protagonist makes up the plot
Climax
The high point of a story that occurs near the end of a story
Denouement
The return to normalcy for the story that occurs after the climax
Conflicts
Tensions between characters or between a character and the settings or character and inner thoughts
Problems
Challenges the protagonist faces that he or she tries to resolve
Resolution
The outcome or outcomes of trying to solve problems and deal with conflict
Themes
Ideas from a story that can be generalized to apply outside the story
Central Idea
A theme that’s threaded through the entire piece