Basic Elements
A problem between characters.
What is Person vs. Person?
Perspective from which a story is told. Can be first, second, or third person.
What is Point of View?
The main idea or message about life or human nature that is developed in the story.
What is Theme?
Conversation between two or more characters.
What is Dialogue?
The action that makes up the story.
What is the Plot?
A problem within a character's own mind..
What is a Person vs. Self?
Voice and perspective telling the story; not necessarily the author.
What is Speaker?
Comparison of two things using like or as.
What is Simile?
A problem between a character and society, school, the Law, or some tradition.
What is a Person vs. Society?
True or False: Narrators always tell the truth and are always reliable
What is False?
The use of vivid descriptions and sensory details
What is Imagery?
Comparison of two things without using like or as
What is Metaphor?
A problem between a character and some element of nature - a blizzard, a hurricane, a mountain climb, etc.
What is a Person vs. Nature?
The reason an author wrote a story/article/poem
What is Author's Purpose?
A concrete object or image that represents an abstract idea.
What is a Symbol?
The person or force that works against the hero/main character in the story.
What is the Antagonist?
The main conflict in your lit circle book (choose one book)
What is... (varies - Miss Pichardo is final judge)
Two different types of third person narration where the narrators have different amounts of information about the thoughts and feelings of the characters
What are Third-Person All-Knowing (Omniscient) and Third Person Limited?
The way a story is constructed, the order of events
What is Structure?
The placement of two unlike things side-by-side to highlight differences..
What is Juxtaposition?