• This is the turning point of the story.
• Usually the main character comes face to face with a conflict.
• The main character will change in some way.
What is CLIMAX?
100
A narrator who knows everything about all the characters
What is 3RD PERSON OMNISCIENT?
100
Unexpected outcome
What is SITUATIONAL IRONY?
100
• Changes as a result of events in the story
• Well-developed character
What is DYNAMIC character?
100
Various times or periods during a day or night, such as dawn or dusk. Readers often have clear associations with these times.
What is TIME OF DAY?
200
• This usually occurs at the beginning of a short story.
• Here the characters are introduced.
• We also learn about the setting of the story.
• Most importantly, we are introduced to the main conflict.
What is EXPOSITION?
200
A narrator whose knowledge is confined to one character's thoughts, ideas, actions
What is 3rd PERSON LIMITED OMNISCIENT?
200
Returning to an earlier moment in literary time
What is FLASHBACK?
200
• Stereotypical character (e.g. dumb jock, rich brat, country hillbilly)
What is STOCK character?
200
Accounts for the minutes, hours, days, weeks, and months a story encompasses. May be accomplished through flashback or traveling over a long distance.
What is ELAPSED TIME?
300
• All loose ends of the plot are tied up.
• The conflict(s) and climax are taken care of.
What is FALLING ACTION?
300
• Character narrates the story using "I-me-my-mine"
• Allows the reader to hear the thoughts of the narrator and see the world through his or her eyes.
What is 1st PERSON?
300
The atmosphere created by the author's tone
What is MOOD?
300
Highlights the main character by having opposing characteristics
What is a FOIL character?
300
May be broad, such as a country, state, region, city, and town, OR more specific, such as a neighborhood, street, house or school. Other examples include shorelines, islands, farms, rural areas, etc.
What is LOCALE?
400
• This part of the story begins to develop the conflict(s).
• A building of interest or suspense occurs.
What is RISING ACTION?
400
• The narrator tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story's action and dialogue.
• The narrator never discloses anything about what the characters think or feel, remaining a detached observer.
What is 3rd PERSON OBJECTIVE?
400
• Something that stands for itself AND something beyond itself.
• The tangible represents the abstract.
What is SYMBOL?
400
A character who remains constant and does not change as a result of the events of the story.
What is a STATIC character?
400
Important events, wars, or periods linked to the plot and theme might include the Civil War, World War II, medieval times, the Bubonic Plague, the gold rush in the 1800s, or the era of slavery in the South.
What is HISTORICAL ERA?
500
The story comes to a reasonable ending.
What is RESOLUTION?
500
This point of view draws the reader into the story, almost making the reader a participant in the action.
What is 2nd PERSON?
500
Reoccuring theme, object, place, event, or idea
What is MOTIF?
500
•The reader can see and visualize all sides of this character • Very detailed, "3-D" character
What is a ROUND character?
500
Created through the influence of weather, temperature, lighting, and other tangible factors on characters or events, as well as the author's tone.