Plot Diagram
The beginning of the story in which the reader is introduced to the characters and background
What is the Exposition?
POV where the narrator is part of the story
What is 1st person?
The only type of internal conflict
What is Person vs. Self?
Time and place where a story takes place
What is setting?
The main idea or message of a story
What is theme?
The end of the story during which the conflict is resolved and loose ends are tied
What is the resolution?
POV where the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
What is 3rd person omniscient?
Type of conflict between two forms of like beings; can be verbal, physical, or mental
What is person vs. person?
The feeling the reader gets when they read a story
What is mood?
The second step of identifying theme
What is consider what the author reveals?
The point of the highest action and suspense
What is the climax?
POV where the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
What is 3rd person limited?
Type of conflict where the character struggles against the laws and beliefs of a group
What is person vs society (government)?
The attitude of the author toward their subject
What is tone?
The first step in identifying a theme
What is identifying a topic?
Made up of all the events that lead up to the climax and makes up the bulk of the story
What is the rising action?
Type of characterization where the author describes a character's personality and appearance
What is direct characterization?
Type of conflict where the character battles against something that cannot be explained
What is person vs fate (supernatural)?
Author gives hints or details about upcoming events?
What is foreshadowing?
The last step of identifying a theme is
What is developing a theme statement?
The winding down of the story after the climax
What is the falling action?
What is STEAL?
Type of conflict that deals with outside forces; there are 5 different kinds
What is external conflict?
Interruption of plot to describe something that has happened in the past
What is flashback?
Theme will never be just ________ ____________
What is one word?