This is the name for the portion of the story that provides character and setting.
Exposition
Pronouns I, Me, My, We, are used in this POV
First Person
This is how inference is defined
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
or
an educated guess based on background knowledge and details from a given situation/text.
In Mike's New Car the conflict was between who?
Mike vs the car
Authors often repeat key phrases or words to create this.
Emphasis
This is the point of HIGHEST interest or the turning point in the story.
Climax
This is the POV that is used when the narrator is speaking directly to the reader.
Second Person
Smoke billowed from the window on the second story. The family stood across the street in their pajamas crying and covered in soot.
The/their house is on fire
It is the PROBLEM or what the main character is struggling to deal with.
A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.
Foreshadowing
This is the part of the story with the complications the main character must face, suspense is building that leads to the turning point.
Rising Action
Unlike other POV this is where the narrator is NOT a character in the story but only knows the thoughts and feelings of a single character.
Third Person Limited
When hearing "Once upon a time..." you can infer that this type of story is about to be told.
Fairy Tale
All of these describe what type of conflict?
* man vs. man
* man vs. nature (which might be a storm)
* man vs. society (goes against what is expected
/rules, beliefs, laws.)
* man vs. supernatural (ghosts)
External Conflict
Poetry is written using this instead of typical paragraphs
Stanzas
This portion of the story builds the tension leading up to the "turning point"
Rising Action
These are the pronouns for Third Person POV
He, She, They, Them
Her mother feels this about her daughter's behavior based on this passage:
"but my mother accuses me of lying
If you lie, she says, one day you'll steal"
-Brown Girl Dreaming-
Unhappy, angry or worried about her daughter
Internal Conflict is defined as this.
*man vs. self (something inside him/her like a fear)
A method of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events
Flashback
List and define the correct order of the Elements of Plot.
Exposition: This includes setting, main characters and conflict may be hinted at.
Inciting Incident: The event that must first happen to drive the story forward. Without this there would be no story.
Rising action: the story ENDS and the main conflict is resolved.
Climax: the point of HIGHEST interest, the turning point in the story.
Falling Action: Events after the climax, leading to the resolution
Resolution: End of the story where loose ends are tied up
When the narrator is not a character in the story but still knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
Third Person Omniscient
"One particularly cold Saturday morning in January, I was supposed to take our dog, Pepper, out for a walk, but it was so cold that I didn’t want to go outside."
-The Lost Dog
Inference from this what happens next in the story.
The dog is let out and runs away
What are the type or types of conflict found in Peter Pan? Be specific
Internal : Peter does not want to grow up
External : Captain Hook vs Peter
To break the timeline and give key details that would otherwise not be shared with the reader
What reasons do authors use Flash back