English Literary Elements

Front 1

Setting

Back 1

time and place in which the events of a story take place

Front 2

Character

Back 2

person or animal who takes part in the action of the story
a.static character- one who does not change.

b. dynamic- one who changes during the courseof the story.

Front 3

Motif

Back 3

repeated element in story telling

Front 4

Conflict

Back 4

struggle between opposing character or forces
a.External conflict two types
1.Character vs Character
2.Character vs force or nation
b.internal conflict
1.Character vs himself of herself

Front 5

Short story

Back 5

fictional prose marrative that is usually 10-20 book pages long.

Front 6

foreshadowing

Back 6

the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot.

Front 7

point of view

Back 7

the vantage point from which a story is told.
a. 1st person a character tells the story.
b. 3rd person the narrator knows everything about the charactersn and their problems.

Front 8

Tone

Back 8

the alttitude a writer takes toward a subject.

Front 9

flashback/flashforward

Back 9

a scene that breaks the normal time order of a plot to show a past.

Front 10

Mood

Back 10

the overall motion created by a work of literature