The Elements
The time and location in which the story takes place.
What is setting?
Beginning of the story where the characters and setting are revealed.
What is the exposition?
A struggle with a force outside one’s self.
What is external conflict?
A narrator who is a character in the story; uses “I.”
What is first person?
Place, time, and __________ are helpful in identifying setting.
What is environment?
A person, animal, or being within a story.
What is a character?
The turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
A struggle within one’s self.
What is internal conflict?
The narrator brings you, the reader, into the story while telling it; uses “you.”
What is second person?
The main character or central character of the story.
Who is the protagonist?
Struggle between two opposing forces.
What is conflict?
Final outcome of the story.
What is the resolution?
Types of this conflict include: Man vs. Man, Man vs. Society, and Man vs. Nature.
What is external conflict?
A non-participating narrator who does not enter the mind of any character but merely describes the events as they occur.
What is third person objective?
Character who opposes the main character.
Who is the antagonist?
Sequence of events that make up a story.
What is plot?
Events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed.
What is the rising action?
Types of this conflict include: Man vs. Self.
What is internal conflict?
A non-participating narrator who sees the events of the story through the eyes of only one character.
What is third person limited?
An idea about life or human nature that the author’s trying to share with the reader.
What is theme?
Angle from which the story is told.
What is point of view?
The conflict is being resolved and the action heads towards closure.
What is the falling action?
Identify the following type of conflict.
"Johnʼs hands trembled in the cold as he fished through his coat pockets for a match. He had already gathered scraps of wood and piled them up to make a fire. Now, he had to figure out how to kindle it. The sun had already set and the light was quickly fading from the sky; John could feel the temperature dropping just as rapidly. Without a match, there was no way to get this fire going, and without a fire, he wasnʼt sure how he would survive the night."
What is external conflict (man vs nature)?
A non-participating narrator who can see into the mind of multiple characters.
What is third person omniscient?
The process by which an author reveals the personality, nature, and appearance of a character.
What is characterization?