LITERARY ELEMENTS

Fiction Text

Text that is made up

Non-fiction Text

Text that is Real.

Genre

A particular type or category of literature or art

Exposition

The act of explaining something : clear explanation

Settings

The surroundings or environment of anything

Characters

The aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.

Conflict

To come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition

Protagonist

The leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.

Antagonist

The adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work.

Narrator

A person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc.

Rising Action

A related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.

Climax

A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot.

Falling Action

The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.

Resolution

The act of resolving or determining upon an action, course of action, method, procedure, etc.

Theme

The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

Foreshadowing

Be a warning or indication of (a future event).

Author's Tone

The author's attitude toward the topic.

Author's Style

The literary element that describes the ways that the author uses words or use of figurative language.

Author's Point of View

When the author decides how to write; (1st Person- I, Me, My.) (2nd Person- You, Yours.) (3rd person- He, She It, and They.)

Characterization

The concept of creating characters for a narrative.

Direct Characterization

The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, or epithets. D

Indirect Characterization

The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, etc. I