Elements of Literature

1. A character who is stereotyped or shallow with few traits
2. the narrator knows thoughts and feelings of only one character
3. A character who does not change
5. The message or life lesson of a story.
7. A character who is convincing and true to life with many traits
8. When a character struggles with his or her own opposing feelings, beliefs, needs, desires
10. OFVIEW The narrative perspective of a story
14. stage includes events and complications that intensify the conflict and lead to the next stage
17. The writer simply tells the reader about a character in specifics.
18. the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters
20. The time and place of a story
21. A struggle between two forces in a story
22. The writer suggests what the character is like through dialogue, through descriptions of his or her actions, thoughts, and appearance, as well as through other character’s thoughts about or reactions to the character.
24. When a character struggles with a force outside of him/herself

1. The intensity of the conflict lessens here and the story’s ending is set upRESOLUTION The final stage of plot shows the outcome of the conflict. Sometimes the conflict is settled, other times it is not.
4. The main character in a story
6. The beginning of the story introducing setting and characters
9. A person, animal, or object that participates in the story
11. The way a writer develops a character
12. The narrator is a character in the story and uses pronouns I and me
13. A character who changes during the story
15. This is the turning point in the story – the moment of highest tension or suspense
16. The character or thing opposing the protagonist
19. The narrator uses pronouns you
23. The sequence of events in a story