Plot
Characters
Conflict
Point of view
Random terms
100

What is the end of a story referred to as? 

Resoultion

100

 A person presented in a dramatic or narrative work is a?

Character

100

What is a secondary conflict that does not influence the plot a great deal?

Minor

100

 The perspective the author establishes to tell the story is called?

Point of view

100

 The environment or surroundings in which a story takes place; includes time, place, and situation in which the characters are placed is the?

Setting

200

What is the moment when the action comes to its highest point of conflict?

Climax

200

 What are more complex characters who often display the inconsistencies and internal conflicts found in real people.

Round

200

What is a struggle against the environment/nature or society?

External

200

The narrator presents the thoughts of more than one of the characters is?

Omniscient

200

The story’s main idea or message that the author intends to communicate by telling the story; often universal truths that are suggested by the specifics of the story is the?

Theme

300

What follows the climax and leads to the resolution and a sharp decline in dramatic tension?

Falling action

300

What are characters who undergo some kind of change because of the action in the plot

Dynamic

300

 A struggle with another person

Interpersonal

300

The narrator presents only his or her own thoughts which is only one side of the story is?

Limited

300

A disappointing conclusion to an otherwise exciting series of events is an?

Anticlimax

400

 What term is, any obstacle or conflict that increases the tension of the story’s conflict

Rising action

400

What are characters who embody one or two qualities, ideas, or traits that can be easily described in a brief summary?

Flat

400

The central conflict that moves the plot forward

Main

400

(I) – the narrator participates in the action of the story is?

First person

400

The overall feeling (e.g., light and happy or dark and brooding) created by an author’s choice of words is known as?

Mood

500

What part is the background material about the characters, setting, and dramatic situation; introduces the essentials of the story

Exposition

500

What are characters who do not change throughout the work, and the reader’s knowledge of the character does not grow

Static

500

 What is an emotional struggle inside a person?

Internal

500

 (he, she, Mary, Mr. Tucker,etc.) – the narrator does not participate in the action of the story; may be classified as?

Third person

500

To place close together for comparison and contrast is?

Juxtaposition

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