Point of View
How the author chooses to write his, her or their narration.
What is Point of View?
Problems or obstacles that arise in a story.
What is conflict?
The process of creating and describing a character.
What is characterization?
His, her or their reason for or intent in writing.
What is author's purpose?
A central message.
What is theme?
The character is the narrator in the story telling his, her, their experiences.
What is first person POV?
The protagonist has a conflict with a larger group; a community, a culture, society, etc.
What is character vs. society conflict?
Narration directly and clearly describes a character.
What is direct characterization?
To convince the reader to do or not do something.
What is to persuade?
Repeated words and images.
What is a motif?
The narrator is outside the story, telling experiences of the character.
What is third person POV?
The protagonist experiences inner conflict or challenging decision making.
What is character vs. self conflict?
A type of literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly.
What is indirect characterization?
To teach the reader about something.
What is to inform?
An educated assumption or guess.
What is an inference?
Narrator reveals the thoughts and feelings of more than one character.
What is third person omniscient POV?
Examples are families taking shelter during a tornado, flood or snowstorm.
What is a character vs. nature conflict?
An approach that helps determine indirect characterization.
What is the STEAL approach?
To amuse or to tell a story that affects emotions.
What is to entertain?
Examples include: good vs. evil, nature vs. technology, dark vs. light, etc.
What is an opposition?
Narrator does not reveal character’s thoughts and feelings; only dialogue and actions.
What is third person objective POV?
A character struggles against a a supernatural force: ghosts, monsters, etc.
What is a character vs. supernatural conlict?
The opposition to the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
The purpose of this genre is to critique and/or warn about an issue in society.
What is the author's purpose in dystopian literature?
Different from a theme, this is one to two sentences identifying what is happening in the plot/story.
What is main idea?