Plot Structure
The most exciting moment of the story; the turning point.
What is the climax
The perspective in which a story is told
What is the point of view
The end of a story where all the loose ends are tied up.
What is the resolution
The paragraph form in a poem
What is a stanza
A struggle/ problem that occurs between two forces in the story.
What is the conflict
Told form the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and "We."
What is first person point of view
A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work. (the message or underlying meaning.)
What is theme
A four line stanza
What is a quatrain
A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.
What is the rising action
The narrator tells the story using pronouns "You", "Your", and "Yours" to address a reader or listener directly.
What is second person point of view
A change in perspective from one character to another
What is a shift in POV
Various sets of "rules" followed by poems of certain types
What is poetic structure or poetic form
The part of the plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict is resolved.
What is the falling action
This point of view uses pronouns like "He", "She", "it", and "they". The narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of all characters in the story.
What is third person omniscient
The impression a story made on the feelings of the reader
What is mood
19 line poem with 5 three line stanzas and an ending quatrain, rhyme scheme is most often: aba, aba, aba, aba, aba, abaa
What is a villanelle poem
A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.
What is the exposition
This point of view uses pronouns like "He", "She", "it", and "they". The narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of one character in the story, but is not actually that character.
What is third person limited
The writers attitude towards his/ her audience and subject
What is Author's Tone
a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
What is a sonnet