6AB Literary Elements Study Guide 10/09
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| EXPOSITION | Comprised of the setting, the main character (protagonist), and the conflict or goal of the main character. Typically found at the beginning of a story. |
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| CHARACTER | A character is a person or an animal in a work of literature. A character can even be a thing—for example, the stuffed toy in The Velveteen Rabbit or the computer in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. |
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| CHARACTERIZATION | How a writer reveals what a character is like. Writers do this in different ways. |
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| What are the different ways a writer reveals what a character is like? | * direct characterization - what the character is like (kind, shy) * give the actual words of the character * tell what the character is thinking or feeling * tell about a character’s actions * tell how others respond to the character. - |
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| SETTING | The time (past, present, future), place, and atmosphere in which a story’s events occur. |
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| ATMOSPHERE | The general feeling or mood created by imagery and descriptions in a story: scary, exciting, sad, happy, bittersweet. The atmosphere at the end of “The Circuit” is sad. |
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| CONFLICT | The major struggle between characters or between opposing forces. There are different types of conflicts - External and Internal. |
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| What is a External Conflict? | External conflict - the main character struggles with another person or an outside force, like the sea – person vs. person; person vs. nature. |
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| What is a Internal Conflict? | Internal conflict- the main character struggles with opposing ideas or feelings within his or her own mind, like wanting to make friends at a new school but also being very shy. person vs. self; person vs. society. |
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| COMPLICATIONS | The things the character must deal with as she or he tries to solve the conflict or reach a goal. |
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| PLOT | This is the series of events that make up the story. |
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| CLIMAX | The exciting point in the story where the main character(s) is face-to-face with the conflict or goal. It is the point where the conflict/goal will finally be settled, one way or another. It occurs toward the end of the story. |
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| RESOLUTION | This occurs at the end of the story, after the climax. It often includes how the main character feels about experiences faced in the story. |
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| THEME | This is the big idea that a story conveys about life. It is not usually stated directly; it is up to the readers to discover the theme for themselves. Some stories may have more than one theme. |
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