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Literary Elements
Question | Answer |
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Atmosphere or mood | The feeling created in the reader by an author's use of literary devices in a literary work or passage |
Conflict | The battle between two opposing forces that moves the story along |
Internal conflict | A conflict that occurs inside the character |
External conflict | A conflict that occurs outside the character |
Plot | The sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next |
Protagonist | The main character in the story |
Antagonist | The character who opposes the main character |
Science fiction | A genre that combines elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact |
Fantasy | A genre that is highly imaginative and contains elements not found in real life such as fairies and wizards |
Folk tales | Stories that are composed orally and passed down from person to person by word of mouth |
nonfiction | Prose writing that tells about real events and real people |
fiction | Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events |
Climax | The high point of the action in a story; the turning point |
rising action | The events that lead up to the climax and cause the conflict to grow worse |
falling action | the events that come after the climax in the story |
resolution | the event(s) that round out and tie up the loose ends in a story |
setting | the time and place of the action |
theme | the central message or moral of a story that is universal in nature |
Character" | A person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work |
point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
first person POV | it is when the person uses the pronoun "I" |
third person POV | it is when the person uses he, she, they, etc. |
historical fiction | A genre that blends real life setting and events with imaginary characters |
realistic fiction | a genre that concerns events and characters that are true to real life |
"Two Frogs and a Milk Vat" genre | Folk tale/ traditional |
"The Bracelet" genre | historical fiction |
"The Emperor's New Clothes" genre | Folk tale/ traditional |
"Dragon, Dragon" genre | Fantasy |
"All American Slurp" genre | Realistic fiction |
"The Dog of Pompeii" genre | Historical fiction |