1. Literary Elements
12th Grade
English Class

2. Setting

3. Setting Setting: When and where the story takes place. Examples:
A house in the morning
A city in 1900

4. Point of View

5. Pont of View Point of view:
From whose viewpoint is the story narrated and his or her degree of involvement in the story.

6. Types of Point of View First Person: Example:
A character narrates the story.
Example:

7. Types of Point of View Second Person: Example:
The narrator speaks directly to the reader.
Is rare for an author to use it.
You, your.
Example:

8. Types of Point of View Third Person: Example:
The narrator is an outsider looking at the action.
The narrator is not a character.
Example:

9. Types of Point of View Third Person Objective:
The narrator doesn’t discuss how or what the characters think or feel.
Example:

11. Types of Point of View Third Person Omniscient: Example:
The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of two or more characters.
Example:

12. Types of Point of View Third Person Limited: Example:
A narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Example:

13. Practice

14. Practice

16. Practice

17. Plot

18. Plot
Plot: the sequence of events in a story.

20. Frankenstein

32. Types of Conflict

33. Person vs. Self
Struggle within the character with his, her conscience.
Example:
A teenage girl must come to terms with her body image.
A soldier struggles to fit back into society after returning from war.

34. Person vs. Person A struggle between two characters in a story.
Example:

35. Person vs. Society
A struggle between the character and the values, rules and laws of society.
Example:
A group of immigrants fight for equal pay and conditions in the workplace.

36. Person vs. Nature
A struggle between the character and the forces of nature.

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