Basic Elements
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 character vs. character?

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

What the author is trying to say about the subject of the story.

What is Theme?

100

The acronym that tells you about all of the parts of plot that you need to remember.

What is CSPACE?

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 Character 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.
What is Mood?
200
This introduces characters and settings while supplying background and setting the tone.
What is Exposition?
300

The main character the reader follows in the story

What is the Protagonist?

300

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

What is a Character 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

A contradiction between what the characters know and what the audience / readers know.

What is dramatic irony?
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 Character 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

The attitude or feeling that comes across in a piece of literature from the diction, sentence structure, and overall style of the author.

What is Tone?

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 Storyline

What is the Plot?

500

A problem or struggle that appears to be well beyond a character's control.

What is a Character vs. Fate / Supernatural?

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?

500

The time period, events, or cultural atmosphere in which a work is set or written.

What is historical and social context?
500
This occurs after the climax of the story, resolves conflict and ties up loose ends of the story.
What is the Falling Action/Resolution?
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