Basic Elements
Conflict
Point of View
Stylistic Devices
Types of Literature
100
One of the people or animals in a story.
What is a character?
100
a struggle that a character must face in a story
What is conflict?
100
The position by which a story is told. The position 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
a story of someone's life written by someone else
What is a biography?
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 versus 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
a humorous play
What is a comedy?
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 versus 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 use of clues that suggest what will happen in the future in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
300
a personal account of someone's life that is usually not created for others to read
What is a diary?
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 versus 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
Something that suggests a meaning deeper than its literal meaning.
What is a symbol?
400
writing based on fact
What is nonfiction?
500
The action that makes up the story, following a plan called the plot line.
What is the Plot?
500
the two main types of conflict
What are external and internal conflict?
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
A twist of fate or a contradiction between what is said and what is meant.
What is irony?
500
use of humor to expose or make fun of certain human behavior
What is satire?
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