Elements of Literature

4. the narrator has free access to the thoughts/feelings/motivations of any character & can introduce information
6. author tells the story in third person. It appears as though a camera is following the characters
8. the beginning of the story where the characters and the setting are revealed
9. the highest point of interest and the turning point of the story
12. the story is told using a narrator who is located outside of the action of the story and uses third person pronouns such as “she, he, they," etc.
14. Man vs. _______________ - external conflict; the leading character struggles against ideas, practices, or customs of other people
16. order of events in a story or play
18. person in a work of fiction
19. the person (or force) that opposes the main character
21. the angle or perspective from which the story is told
22. Man vs. _______________ - external conflict; the leading character struggles against another character
24. the opposition of forces which ties one incident to another and makes the plot move
27. characters with many-sided and complex personalities that you would expect of actual human beings (3D)
28. the main character of a story that makes key decisions that affect the plot
29. Man vs. _______________ - external conflict; the leading character struggles against the forces of nature

1. where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed
2. denouement or the final outcome or untangling of events in the story
3. the main character in the story is referred to using the second person pronoun “you"
5. time and place in which a story takes place
7. the information the author gives the reader about the characters themselves
10. story is told by the protagonist or another character that interacts closely with the protagonist or other characters using "I, we, us, etc."
11. where the events and complications begin to resolve themselves
13. told by a third person narrator but from the viewpoint of a character in the story
15. a character who is often stereotypical and never changes throughout the story
16. geographical location
17. Man vs. _______________ - only kind of internal conflict; the leading character struggles with himself/herself
20. when the story is taking place
23. a character who learns a lesson or changes by the end of the story
25. characters with personalities that are presented only briefly and not in depth (1D)
26. the message the author is trying to convey