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Literary Elements

TermDefinition
Fiction Writing that tells a story from the author's imagination. The story is built using elements of plot.
Mystery A story where the characters face a problem that seems to be beyond explanation (suspense and horror are subgenres).
Science Fiction The setting is typically in the future, outer space, or maybe another world. Many of these stories include science that hasn't been invented yet. These stories may also contain warnings about what the future may be like.
Fantasy Usually take place in made-up worlds. They often include magic and supernatural elements.
Nonfiction Writing based on fact and tells about actual people, places, and events.
Autobiography A book about the life of a real person, written by that person.
Biography A book about the life of a real person, written by someone else.
Essay/Article Presents the ideas of the author with the purpose of making the reader consider the topic. Famous essays throughout history have written about topics like philosophy, ethics, politics, and more.
Drama A type of story written to be acted out. It contains lines of dialogue for actors to recite, along with stage directions for the action.
Poetry Written in lines and stanzas. It may convey deep emotion, depict a moment in time, or tell a story. Most use sound devices more than prose.
Epic A very long, narrative (story) poem that tells about the extraordinary feats of a great legend or national hero.
Lyric Poems that expresses great emotion and are typically paired with music.
Sonnet A type of poem that usually has 14 lines, each with 10 syllables and an alternate-line rhyme scheme.
Plot The pattern of events in a story.
Exposition The opening of a story where the author describes the setting, introduces the characters, and reveals the conflict. The narrator's point of view is usually reveled in the introduction.
Conflict The struggle between opposing forces in a story on which the narrative not only depends, but uses to build and maintain reader interest.
Climax The turning point in a story.
Resolution The final event of a plot. It could be the solution, explanation, or an outcome.
Theme The message or deeper meaning in a story, poem, play, or other work of literature.
Main or Central Idea The main point that the text communicates.
Characterization The way the author reveals the characters in a narrative.
Antagonist The opponent or rival of the protagonist.
Character People or other beings that appear in a literary work.
Motivations Reasons behind the actions of characters. These reasons are often needs or desires.
Narrator The "voice" telling readers the story.
Protagonist The main character.
Relationships A character's background and contact with others.
Dialogue Conversation between two between in a story.
First Person The narrator tells the story from the "I" point of view.
Second Person The speaker is talking to you, the reader, and uses the pronoun "you". This point of view is rarely used in literature.
Third Person Omniscient An outside observer tells the story, knowing, telling, and seeing all that happens to the main characters, including their thoughts.
Third Person Limited The speaker tells the story knowing only what is seen, heard, and felt by the thoughts a viewpoints of one character, usually the main character, but sometimes an outsider.
Mood The feeling a reader experiences while reading the text. To create a feeling author's use images and details in the setting and plot.
Tone An attitude that the author conveys about the subject or the characters.
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