Elements of literature

Question 1

Setting

Answer 1

The time and place of a story (where and when)

Question 2

conflict

Answer 2

a problem in a story which triggers the action

Question 3

internal conflict

Answer 3

the struggle occurring within a character’s mind

Question 4

character vs. self

Answer 4

the character struggles with a decision or idea

Question 5

external conflict

Answer 5

A struggle between a character and an outside force

Question 6

character vs. character

Answer 6

One character has a problem with one or more other characters

Question 7

character vs. nature

Answer 7

a character has trouble with some element of nature

Question 8

character vs. society

Answer 8

a character has a problem with society

Question 9

character

Answer 9

a person (or animal) in the story who speaks, thinks, and acts

Question 10

protagonist

Answer 10

the main character in a literary work

Question 11

antagonist

Answer 11

A character or force in conflict with the main character

Question 12

Characterization

Answer 12

the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character

Question 13

direct characterization

Answer 13

when an author directly states information about a character

Question 14

indirect characterization

Answer 14

when the author shows things that reveal the character traits of a character

Question 15

STEAL

Answer 15

What does the character say? How does the character speak?What is revealed through the character’s private thoughts and feelings? What is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? How do other characters feel or behave in reaction to the character? What does the character do? How does the character behave?What does the character look like? How does the character dress?

Question 16

point of view

Answer 16

the perspective from which a story is told. It can be told from a narrator outside of the story or a character from in the story.

Question 17

1st person POV

Answer 17

a character in the story narrates using the pronouns “I”, “me”, and “my.”

Question 18

2nd person POV

Answer 18

a narrator tells the story directly addressing the audience using pronouns like “you” and “your”. This is NOT commonly used.

Question 19

3rd person POV

Answer 19

means an outside narrator tells the story using 3rd person pronouns including “he” and “she”. There are two kinds:

Question 20

Theme

Answer 20

a central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work