Setting & Plot
Conflict
Point of view
Character & Theme
Grab Bag
100
The time, location, and atmosphere of a story
What is the setting?
100
The primary struggle, or main opposition that the protagonist faces in a story.
What is conflict?
100
The angle from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
100
The controlling idea or main insight in a story that the author is trying to convey.
What is theme?
100
The author may state this directly or leave it up to the reader to find themselves.
What is theme?
200
The sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
200
A struggle within one's self (a character is having difficulty making a choice).
What is internal conflict?
200
The story is told from the main character's perspective, or a character who is close to the main character. Usually, "I" is used.
What is first person?
200
The character who opposes the main character.
Who is antagonist?
200
There are two main categories for this, internal and external
Conflict
300
The feeling that is created at the beginning of the story.
What is mood or atmosphere?
300
A struggle with a force outside of one's self.
What is external conflict?
300
The author can move from character to character, event to event, having free access to thoughts and feelings of the characters. Information is introduced when the author chooses to do so.
What is omniscient?
300
A character who has a complex personality.
What is a round character?
300
This kind of character undergoes a change during the story.
What is a dynamic character?
400
This is when the events in the story become complicated and the conflict is revealed.
What is rising action?
400
The main character struggles with himself/herself, ideas of right and wrong, etc.
What is man vs. self?
400
The author tells the story using pronouns they, she he, it. They tell us about what all characters are thinking.
What is third person omniscient ?
400
The main character who is clearly central to the story.
Who is protagonist?
400
This is the highest point of action in a story. It comes at the top point on the plot diagram.
What is the climax?
500
This is the final part, or untangling of events in a story.
What is resolution?
500
The main character struggles against ideas, practices, or customs of other people.
What is man vs. society?
500
The author tells the story in third person. The story appears as if a camera is following the characters, going anywhere, and recording only what is seen and heard. There is no comment on the characters or their thoughts.
What is third person objective?
500
This sort of character is not very developed and we do not know a lot about them.
What is a flat character?
500
This often gets confused with theme. It means type or kind.
What is genre?
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