Literary Elements

Question 1

What is Plot?

Answer 1

Plot is the chain of events in a story in other words what happens in a story.

Question 2

Exposition?

Answer 2

The start of the story background info about things in the story.

Question 3

Rising action?

Answer 3

The point in which the story “Takes off” and begins to build towards a climax.

Question 4

Climax?

Answer 4

The highest part of action in a story {turning point}.

Question 5

Falling action?

Answer 5

Events after a climax when the story starts to wrap up.

Question 6

Resolution?

Answer 6

The ending of the story.

Question 7

Name two types of conflict.

Answer 7

Man vs man, man vs self, man vs nature, man vs society

Question 8

Setting?

Answer 8

The time, place and circumstances of the story

Question 9

S T E A L?

Answer 9

S is for speech T is for thoughts E is for effects on others A is for Actions L is for looks {things like dying hair ect.}

Question 10

Flat?

Answer 10

Isn’t well developed the reader only know 1-2 traits sum them up in a senntence

Question 11

Round?

Answer 11

We know a bunch about them they’re complacated.

Question 12

Static?

Answer 12

Doesn’t change or grow stays the same. Static Stays the Same

Question 13

Dynamic?

Answer 13

Changes a lot in the story

Question 14

Protagonist?

Answer 14

Main character sometimes the “good guy”

Question 15

Antagonist?

Answer 15

Against the main character sometimes the “bad guy”

Question 16

Theme is?

Answer 16

The message the author is trying to get across to the reader.

Question 17

1st person point of view?

Answer 17

A character usually the main character, tells the story usually uses “I”

Question 18

2nd person point of view?

Answer 18

Rarely used, the reader is treated as a character in the story usually uses “You”

Question 19

3rd person?

Answer 19

An outside narrator, not a character tells the story usually uses “He” or “She’

Question 20

3rd person limited?

Answer 20

The narrator only knows what one person is thinking

Question 21

3rd person omniscient?

Answer 21

Omniscient means “all knowing” this narrator knows what everyone is thinking

Question 22

Man vs man

Answer 22

a struggle between two or more characters

Question 23

Man vs nature

Answer 23

A struggle between a character and a force of nature

Question 24

Man vs society

Answer 24

A struggle between a character and his or her society

Question 25

Man vs self

Answer 25

An internal struggle the occurs within a characters own mind