Literary Elements

Plot- 1,2,5,8,11,12,13,14,17

Story line, dramatic structure, action:

• Exposition
• Conflict
• Rising action
• Complication
• Climax
• Falling action
• Denouement resolution

Setting- 2,8,9,10

Time:

• Hour, day, week, month, year, season...
• Flashback (past)
• Foreshadow (future)

Place

Characters- 2,3,4,6,20,22,25

Protagonist, antagonist, foil (minor character)

Conflict: internal or external

Physical description

Dialogue

Action

Theme- 1,2,16,19,26

Subject = meaning

Narration- 7

Point of view:

• 1st person
• Omniscient
• Multiple narrators

Style (Diction, syntax)- 15,18,21,23,24

Dialog: tone/mood

Irony/Satire

Figurative language:

• Simile (like)
• Metaphor