PLOT LINE
POINTS-OF-VIEW
STORY ELEMENTS I
STORY ELEMENTS II
STORY ELEMENTS III
100
climax
What is the highest emotional point of a story?
100
narrator
What is the person called who tells a story?
100
character
What is the "person" in a story called? OR What/whom participates in the action of a story?
100
mood/atmosphere
What is the feeling created in a story?
100
foreshadow
What is it called when an author gives a hint about what will happen later in a story?
200
rising action
What is the part of a story which builds in suspense?
200
first-person
What is the POV when the story is told by a person/character in the story?
200
setting
What is the time and place of a story?
200
theme
What is the message or lesson of a story?
200
flashback
What is it called when an author breaks/"pauses" from the present time in a story and goes back to an earlier time?
300
resolution
What is the end of a story/conflict called?
300
second-person
What is the POV when the story is directed toward "you"?
300
dialogue
What is the conversation/speaking called which takes place between characters in a story?
300
author's purpose
What is the reason an author writes a story called?
300
main idea
What is it called when referring to what a story is about?
400
exposition
What is another name for the beginning or introduction of a story?
400
third-person limited
What is the POV when the narrator knows and tells the thoughts/feelings about one or only a few characters?
400
plot
What is the series of events of a story called?
400
tone
What is the attitude of an author about his/her story called?
400
character motivation
What is the reason a character behaves as he does in a story?
500
narrative hook
What is the part of a story called that grabs your attention so that you want to keep reading?
500
third-person omniscient
What is the POV when the narrator knows and tells the thoughts/feelings of most/all of the characters?
500
conflict inner conflict external conflict
What is the problem in a story called? What is the problem that exists within a character? What is the problem that exists between a character and something outside of the character (i.e. another character, nature)?
500
characterization direct characterization indirect characterization
What is it called when an author reveals character traits/qualities about a character? What is it called when an author reveals character traits/qualities via direct statements about a character? What is it called when an author reveals character traits/qualities via a character's behavior and/or comments/reactions by other characters?
500
irony
What is the general term that refers to the opposite of or a contradiction between what happens and what is implied?
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