Plot
The most exciting or important part in a story. The ____ is often called the turning point.
What is the climax?
The words that characters speak to each other. ____ is set off with quotation marks.
What is dialogue?
The person or force that fights against the protagonist in the story; the villain or “negative force”
What is the antagonist?
The time and place of a story.
What is setting?
The use of clues that suggests events to come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
The main part of a story, when the main character tries to solve his or her problem.
What is the rising action?
A problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story. There are different types of ____.
What is a conflict?
A person or animal who takes part in the action of a story.
What is the character?
The reasons that explain or partially explain a character’s thoughts, feelings, actions or speech.
What is motivation?
The main problem in the story and something that makes the problem more difficult for the main character.
What is the conflict introduced and the conflict complicated?
A character struggles against an element of nature.
What is person versus nature? An example is the book, Hatchet.
When the writer describes exactly what the character is like.
What is direct characterization?
Someone outside of the story is telling it. Pronouns like “he, she, they…” are used.
What is the third person point of view
The beginning of a story, when the setting, characters, and conflict are introduced.
What is the exposition?
A character struggles with him/herself.
What is person versus self? An example is, Wonder.
When the writer reveals what a character is like through the character’s words, thoughts, or actions. The reader must infer what the character is like.
What is indirect characterization? This is when the author leaves character clues for the reader.
A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. The reader must usually figure out the ____; it is NOT stated directly. ____ is NOT a subject or topic. The subject is the topic on which an author has chosen to write. The ____, however, makes some statement about or expresses some opinion on that topic. For example, an author may write about a subject or topic such as WAR. The _____ or message in the story is written as a statement - “WAR is useless”.
What is theme?
When you, the reader, choose what happens in the story. Example: choose your own adventure .
What is the second person point of view?
The part of the story following the climax. It is the event in the story that leads to the ending, or resolution.
What is the falling action?
One character has a problem with another character or characters.
What is person versus person? An example of this is, Harry Potter.
The ways in which a writer makes a character seem real. This can be done by:
-Sharing a character’s conversations, thoughts, or actions
-Describing the character’s appearance
-Showing what others think of the character
What is characterization?
The feelings/emotions a reader has while reading a story. Setting, objects, details, images, and words all work together to create a specific ____.
What is mood?
One of the characters tells the story. Pronouns like “I, me, my, we…” are used.
What is the first person point of view?