Elements of Fiction
Character
Point of View
Short Stories
Potpourri
100
The organization of the main events that make up the story
What is the plot?
100
The main character of a story
What is the protagonist?
100
Told from the perspective of one main character using "I"
What is first person point of view?
100

The children in "All Summer in a Day" lived on this planet.

What is Venus?

100
A very careful, attentive reading of a story
What is close reading?
200
Where and when the story takes place
What is the setting?
200
An uncomplicated character that does not change by the end of the story
What is a flat character?
200
Told from the perspective of one character using "he" or "she"
What is third person point of view?
200

The perspective that "All Summer in a Day" is told from.

What is "third person omniscient"?

200
Making a guess about what will happen next in a story
What is a prediction?
300
Person or animal who is responsible for the thoughts and actions within a story
What is the character?
300
A character in a story who works against the main character
What is the antagonist?
300
The person telling the story
What is the narrator?
300

The children in "All Summer in a Day" do this to Margot when the teacher is not around.

What is bully Margot and lock her in a closet?

300
This means to fill in the gaps (or make assumptions) based on the information given in a story
What is to infer?
400
The perspective the story is told from
What is the point of view?
400
Complex characters that change by the end of a story
What is a round character?
400
The narrator/character only knows his/her own thoughts not the thoughts of everyone around
What is third person limited?
400

Which type of conflict is shown in "All Summer in a Day" when Margot is depressed and longs for her former life on Earth with the sun.

What is character vs. self?

Internal

400
This is what scientists and the author thought Venus was like when "All Summer in a Day" was written
What is watery planet, jungle, constant rain?
500
The main idea or message of the story
What is the theme?
500
This reveals a characters personality in a story
What is a character's thoughts/actions/dialogue?
500
The narrator/character knows the thoughts and feelings of everyone around
What is third person omniscient (all-knowing)?
500

The conflict shown in "All Summer In a Day" when it rains constantly and the children are unable to enjoy the sunlight.

What is man vs. nature?

External

500

The message or lesson the author wants you to learn from reading the story.

What is theme?

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