Basic Elements
Types of Conflict
Point of View
Stylistic Devices
Plot Line
100
One of the people or animals in a story.
What is a character?
100

A problem between characters.

What is Man vs. Man?

100
The angle by which a story is told. The angle depends upon the narrator, or person telling the story.
What is Point of View?
100
The message about life or human nature that is "hidden" in the story that the writer tells.
What is Theme?
100

This is another name for the "ending of a story" 

What is Resolution?

200
The person or force that works against the hero/main character in the story.
What is the Antagonist?
200

A problem within a character's own mind..

What is a Man vs. Self?

200
One of the characters in the story is telling the story. (I, me)
What is First-Person Point of View?
200

The feeling a piece of literature creates in a reader. It could be happy or sad depending on how the author writes the story. 

What is Mood?

200
This introduces characters and settings while supplying background and setting the tone.
What is Exposition?
300
The main character in a story, often a good or heroic type.
What is the Protagonist?
300

A problem between a character and society, school, the Law, or some tradition.

What is a Man vs. Society?

300
You are part of the story because you are a character in the story. (you, your)
What is Second-Person Point of View?
300

The specific lesson a story teaches or something that a person should have in life.

What are Morals and Values?

300
This introduces complications (problems) which build suspense and is when the plot "thickens."
What is Rising Action?
400
The place and time frame in which a story takes place.
What is the Setting?
400

A problem between a character and some element of nature - a blizzard, a hurricane, a mountain climb, etc.

What is a Man vs. Nature?

400
Third-Person point of view allows the narrator to share the thoughts and feelings of two or more characters. (all, everything)
What is Third-Person Omniscient?
400

When a character thinks back on a situation or place in a story. 

What is a Flashback?

400
This is the turning point of the story and the moment when the suspense reaches its peak which results in a change for the main character. This sometimes occurs at the end of the story, without being followed by the falling action.
What is the Climax?
500

The events that happen in a story from beginning to end. 

What is the Plot?

500

A problem or struggle against some type of machine or AI (Artificial Intelligence).

What is a Man vs. Technology?

500
Third-Person point of view that allows the narrator to share the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
What is Third-Person Limited Omniscient?
500

The serious, funny, or satiric attitude or feeling revealed by the characters, word choice, and general writing style in literature. How the author sets this through his/her writing. 

What is Tone?

500

This occurs after the climax of the story.

What is the Falling Action?

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