Literary Elements Flashcards
Antagonist
Forces that work against the protagonist: nature, other characters, settings, inner thoughts.
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 the 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.
