Basic Elements
A person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story.
What is a character?
A problem between characters.
What is Person v. Person?
"I told my family I would make the cranberry sauce and stuffing for Thanksgiving" is an example of which point of view?
What is First Person Point of View?
The message about life or human nature that is "hidden" in the story that the writer tells.
What is Theme?
This occurs following the climax of a story.
What is Falling Action?
The person or force that works against the main character in the story.
What is the Antagonist?
A problem within a character's own mind.
What is Person v. Self?
Third-Person point of view that allows the narrator to share the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
What is Third Person Limited Point of View?
The main character in a story, often (though not always) a good or heroic type.
What is the Protagonist?
A problem between a character and a larger group, the law, or some tradition.
What is Person v. Society?
The narrator describes what is happening to the characters in the story but does not show us anyone's thoughts or feelings.
What is Third-Person Objective?
A literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story.
What is Foreshadowing?
A problem between a character and a blizzard, a hurricane, a mountain climb, etc..
What is Person v. Nature?
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.
What is the Climax?
The action and events that make up the story.
What is the Plot?
In Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, various individual women in the novel struggle against a new government that takes away women’s rights
What is Person v. Society?
"Claire, Alexis, and Beckett drove to McDonalds. They pulled up to the window and Beckett ordered a quarter pounder, Claire ordered a Sprite, and Alexis ordered an ice cream" is an example of which point of view?
What is Third-Person Objective?
This occurs when a moment of dialogue or plot contradicts what the audience expects from a character or story.
What is Irony?
Montresor revealing that Fortunato's body has not been found for at least half a century.
What is the Resolution?