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The time, place, and cultural context of a story.
Setting
The most important moment in a story; usually a main character changes after this point.
Climax
The story clearly or specifically describes the character.
Direct characterization
Mention the types of external conflict.
character vs. character, character vs. nature, and character vs. society
What are the parts of a plot?
Resolution, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution.
The feeling the reader experiences when reading a text.
Mood
The conclusion, or end to a story, during which all conflicts are resolved.
Resolution
The message about life or lesson the reader is supposed to learn from a text
Theme
The point of view where the narrator is a character in the story.
First person point of view
What is the main character of the story called?
Protagonist
An author's description of a character's personality.
Characterization
The point in the story when suspense and interest begin to build.
Rising action
A character that remains the same throughout a story
Static character
A character that undergoes change in the story.
Dynamic character
It interrupts the natural order of events in a plot by recounting something that happened before.
Flashback
This is the only type of conflict that is NOT an external conflict.
Internal conflict
The event(s) after the turning point in the story, when conflicts begin to be resolved.
Falling action
The reader infers this description based on the character’s actions.
Indirect characterization
Which point of view does the narrator know all the thoughts and feelings of all characters and is not a character in the story?
Third person omniscient
What is the difference between fiction and nonfiction
Nonfiction is based in real life. Fiction can sometimes imitate real life or feature real or historical elements, but some or most of the events were made up by someone.
The beginning of a story, during which the characters and setting are introduced.
Exposition
The way the author feels about the topic they're writing about
Tone
The series of events that make up the story.
Plot
The character or thing going against the main character is called this.
Antagonist
The narrator is not a participant of the story, but only focuses on the perspective of one of the characters.
Third person limited