Plot
Conflict
Point of View
Characters
Characters Continued
100
The very beginning of a story where we get to know who, what and where.
What is the basic situation?
100
This conflict is when a character is against another character in the story.
What is character vs. character?
100
This is an example: I walked down the street towards the grocery store when suddenly a red car sped around the corner right through the stop sign.
What is first person point of view?
100
A character who does not change throughout a story.
What is static character?
100
These are background characters.
What are flat characters?
200
The high point of the plot where we HAVE to keep reading to know how things turn out.
What is the climax?
200
This conflict would be when a character is trying to survive in the wilderness.
What is character vs. nature
200
The point of view where YOU is the prominent focus.
What is 2nd person point of view?
200
These are fully developed characters and we know their positive qualities and flaws.
What are round characters?
200
This is the time and place where a story happens.
What is the setting?
300
This is the end of the story where we know how everything turns out for our characters.
What is the resolution?
300
When a character can't decide on what to do in a difficult situation like cheating on a test or not.
What is character vs. self?
300
The narrator is all-knowing.
What is third person omniscient?
300
This is the main character of a story.
What is the protagonist?
300
This is when an author clearly STATES what the character looks like, says, and does.
What is direct characterization?
400
This is all the events of the story put together.
What is the plot?
400
This conflict is when a character goes against a law or decision by a large group of people to do what he or she thinks is right and good.
What is character vs. society?
400
The story is seen from the viewpoint of a character but is LIMITED to that viewpoint.
What is third person limited point of view?
400
This is when the author SHOWS something about a character through dialogue or actions.
What is indirect characterization?
400
This is the character that goes against the main character in the story.
What is the antagonist?
500
This is the order of events in the story.
What is the sequence?
500
This type of conflict is inside of the character.
What is internal conflict?
500
The part of the story we look in to find the point of view. Hint: it is not the dialogue.
What is narration or narrator's view?
500
These characters change throughout the story from their experiences.
What dynamic characters?
500
This is when the author gives the characters and the story an unexpected twist during the events.
What is irony?
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