Plot
What is plot?
What happens in a story
People, animals, or imaginary creatures that take part in the action of the story.
Character(s)
What type of figurative language is this?
The stars danced in the midnight sky.
Personification
The story is told by a character in the novel (I, me, my, we).
First Person Point of View
A struggle that a character must overcome.
Conflict
Sets the stage for the story. Characters are introduced, the setting is described , and the conflict begins to unfold.
Writing that comes from an authors imagination.
Fiction
What type of figurative language is this?
Drip, drip, splash!
Onomatopoeia
The story directly addresses the reader (you, your).
Second Person Point of View
The perspective from which the story is told.
Point of View
The turning point when the action reaches a peak and the outcome of the conflict is decided.
The main character in a work of literature (the hero).
Protagonist
What type of figurative language is this?
Time is money.
Metaphor
The story is told by an outside narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters (he, she, they).
Third Person Omniscient Point of View
A book written about true things or events (not made up).
Non-fiction
The events that follow the climax and bring us to the resolution. The outcome of the sequence of events.
Falling Action
It is the time and place at which the events of the story happen.
Setting
What type of figurative language is this?
Many, many mumbling mice are making merry music in the moonlight.
Alliteration
The story is told by an outside narrator who only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character (he, she, they).
Third Person Limited Point of View
The character that is against (or opposes) the protagonist.
When the loose ends of a story are tied up.`
Resolution
The moral or lesson the author wants the reader to learn.
What type of figurative language is this?
It's going to take me years to finish reading this book!
Hyperbole
The story is told by an outside narrator who only knows the actions and dialogue of the characters (he, she, they).
Third Person Objective Point of View
Identify the POV.
from The Giver by Lois Lowry
It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. No. Wrong word, Jonas thought. Frightened meant that deep, sickening feelingof something terrible about to happen. Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice. He had seen it both times. Squinting toward the sky, he had seen the sleek jet, almost a blur at its high speed, go past, and a second later heard the blast of sound that followed. Then one more time, a moment later, from the opposite direction, the same plane.
Third Person Limited Point of View