Plot Elements
Types of Characters
Types of Characters & Conflict
Narrator Point of View
Parts of Stories
100
The turning point in a story.
What is climax?
100
The leading character in a story.
What is protagonist?
100
Conflict that takes part in the characters own mind.
What is internal conflict?
100
Uses the pronouns "I" and "We" and is usually a character in the story.
What is 1st person narrator/point of view?
100
The main message or moral of a story.
What is theme?
200
The overall events that occur in a story.
What is plot?
200
The character who opposes the main character.
What is Antagonist?
200
Conflict with an outside force.
What is external conflict?
200
Uses the pronouns "he" or "she" and is not a figure in the story, but zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of just one character.
What is 3rd person limited narrator/point of view?
200
To hint at events or actions that will take place later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
300
The part of the story where questions are answered and everything is coming together.
What is falling action?
300
A character who doesn't change over time.
What is static character?
300
A character that is only known for one kind of personality trait or characteristic.
What is a flat character?
300
Uses the pronoun "you" to address the reader directly.
What is 2nd person narrator/point of view?
300
A point in the story where information about prior events to the central story are revealed.
What is flashback?
400
The developing events of a story.
What is rising action?
400
A character who changes over time usually as a result of resolving a conflict or facing a crisis.
What is dynamic character?
400
The author tells us directly what the character is like.
What is direct characterization?
400
Uses the pronouns "he" or "she" and is not a character in the story, but has access to the thoughts and feelings of all characters in the story.
What is 3rd person omniscient?
400
The author's voice or attitude about what he or she writes.
What is tone?
500
A part of story that informs, describes, and explains characters and conflict.
What is exposition?
500
A character with a complex personality; he or she is often portrayed as conflicted.
What is round character?
500
The author shows us the character but allows us to interpret for ourselves the kind of person we are meeting.
What is indirect characterization?
500
Uses the pronouns "he" or "she", is not a character in the story but has access to the dialogues and action of the characters.
What is 3rd person objective narrator/point of view?
500
The feelings the reader gets from reading the story.
What is mood?
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