Plot
What is the order of events in a story?
The definition
What is the perspective from which the story is told?
The definition
What is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character?
The definition
What is a struggle between two opposing forces?
The atmosphere of the story; feeling that is evoked in the reader
What is mood?
The most exciting part of the story, the highest point of tension where the protagonist often learns something
What is the climax?
When the narrator IS a part of the story
What is first person POV?
When the author tells us how a character is
What is direct characterization?
An internal conflict
What is person vs. self?
The author’s attitude towards his/her subject matter
What is tone?
The event that sparks all other events in the story
What is the inciting incident?
When the narrator is NOT a part of the story
What is third person POV?
When the author shows us how a character is
What is indirect characterization?
5 examples of external conflict are
What is person vs. person, person vs. nature, person vs. society, person vs. technology, and person vs. supernatural?
The technique in which author gives details or hints about upcoming events
What is foreshadowing?
When the conflict is revealed and the tension slowly builds
What is the rising action?
When the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters
What is third person omniscient POV?
With indirect characterization, the reader has to make an inference based on this to figure out how a character is
What is STEAL?
In "The Elevator," Martin experienced these 2 kinds of conflict
What is person vs. self and person vs. person?
The interruption in plot to describe an action of the past
What is flashback?
A story without this is called a cliffhanger
What is a resolution?
When the narrator tells the facts only, no thoughts or feelings
What is third person objective POV?
The acronym STEAL stands for this
In "The Scholarship Jacket," Martha's main conflict is
What is person vs. society?
Theme is not just a _________, but what the author is trying to say about it
What is topic?