Characterization
The main character of a story.
What is protagonist?
The introduction to characters, setting and conflict.
What is exposition?
What is suspense?
The time and place during which the story takes place.
What is setting?
A character from the story is telling the story. Uses "I" and "me".
What is first-Person?
A character with little or no complex emotions or personality.
What is a flat character?
The moment when loose ends are tied up and the conflict is solved.
What is resolution?
A hint or clue about what will happen in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
The dramatic struggle between two opposing forces.
What is conflict?
An outside narrator is telling the story. Uses "he/she/they".
What is third-person?
A major character in a story who undergoes significant change.
What is a round character?
The highest point of interest or suspense of a story.
What is climax?
When a object or animal is given humanlike qualities.
What is personification?
The central idea or general message behind a story.
What is theme?
The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only ONE character.
What is third-person limited?
The character or force that opposes the protagonist.
What is antagonist?
A series of events that show the results of the character begins to resolve the conflict.
What is falling action?
An interruption of the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past.
What is a flashback?
The feeling an author tries to convey throughout the story.
What is mood?
The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL the characters in the story.
What is third-person omniscient?
A character in a story who does not go through any change by the end of the story.
What is a static character?
Events that occur as a result of central conflict.
What is rising action?
The use of specific objects or images to represent ideas.
What is symbolism?
The author's attitude toward a certain topic conveyed in the story.
What is tone?
Addresses the reader and makes the reader part of the story. Uses "you".
What is second-person?