Character
An acronym that helps you with indirect characterization
What is STEAL
Speech, Thoughts, Effect, Actions, Looks
A diagram that shows the different parts in a story
What is a plot mountain
This means to be lacking or without
what is -less
This short story includes a jealous princess, her convicted lover, and an ultimatum.
What is The Lady, or the Tiger.
A story that is made up
What is fiction
The qualities of a character
What is character traits
The point in a story where tension or action is at the highest point
What is the climax
This means to be full of
what is -ful
What is Lamb to the Slaughter.
Why an author is telling a story
What is author's purpose
When an author clearly describes a character physically or emotionally
What is direct characterization
The point in the story where the plot starts
What is triggering action
This means to have the nature of
what is -ic, -ical
This story has a paranoid man, abandoned Martian towns, and weird coincidences
What is Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed
A true story
What is non-fiction
When an author makes the reader think to describe a character's state by using things like speech, thoughts, effect, actions, looks, etc.
What is indirect characterization
The part where the story is wrapping up and creates an ending
What is the resolution
This means to have the power, skill, or opportunity to do something
what is -able, -ible
This story takes place during the Colombian civil war and has a scared barber and feared military general.
What is Lather and Nothing Else
The perspective that the narrator is telling a story from
What is point of View
A character that goes through change and evolves throughout the story
What is Dynamic/Round character
The part in the story where characters are being introduced, their backgrounds are being explained, the setting is being described, etc.
What is the exposition
This means in the manner of, and the only suffix for adverbs
what is -ly, -ily
This story has a woman who went from heartbroken over her husbands "death" to ecstatic about her new freedom.
What is The Story of an Hour
A synopsis of a story that contains only facts and doesn't include unnecessary details
What is an objective summary