PLOT
CHARACTER
POINT OF VIEW
CONFLICT
OTHER TERMS
100

this is the most intense part of the story

What is the climax?

100
this is a literary term for a person in a story
What is character?
100

this POV is from the point of an outsider and lacks knowledge of emotion or thought for all characters except one

What is third person limited?

100

an example of this conflict would be Ms. Shealy trying to sail her boat in the middle of a ferocious storm at sea

What is man vs. nature?

100
this is something that is itself, but also represents something more than itself
What is a symbol?
200
this is the very beginning of the story
What is the exposition?
200
this is a character who changes over the course of a story
What is dynamic character?
200
this POV is all knowing
What is omniscient?
200

an example of this would be if Mrs. Robertson was battling Dr. Whitfield in an epic game of "Halo: Reach"

What is man vs. man?

200
this is when reality is the opposite of what you expect
What is irony?
300
this is the ending of the story
What is resolution?
300

this is a character that stays the same in a story, undergoes no change

What is static character?

300
this POV is from the perspective of someone IN the story
What is first person?
300

an example of this is if Mrs. Slough was struggling to learn to speak German

What is man vs. self?

300

this is the central idea or perception about life revealed through a literary work

What is theme?

400
this is when the story starts settling down, and problems start being resolved
What is the falling action?
400

this is a character that is fully developed and has emotionally different sides to their personality

What is a round character?

400
"I ran to the store. I fought a iguana over the last pack of Starburst brand candies."
What is first person?
400

an example of this would be if Ms. Shealy tried to eat an entire Taco Bell Deluxe Party Pack meal deal by herself

What is man vs. self?

400

This is when the writer unfolds events in the order in which they occur

What is "chronological order"?

500
this is the part of the story where the story gets complicated with lots of problems
What is the rising action?
500
this is a character who seems one dimensional
What is a flat character?
500
"Jack is a jerk. He thinks he is better than everyone else."
What is omniscient?
500

an example of this would be if Mrs. Robertson was competing against Lebron in a paintball game

What is man vs. man?

500

A narrator who is biased or ignorant about what has actually occurred

What is unreliable narrator?

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