Conflict Types
POV
Figurative Language
Characterization
Random Vocab Terms
100

The only internal conflict type.

What is Person vs. Self?

100

This is the basic definition of POV.

What is the perspective from which the story is told/ narrated?

100

This is a direct comparison using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

100

This is a character we don't know much about.

What is a flat character?

100

This is the time and place where a story is set.

What is setting?

200

A conflict between two like beings.

What is Person Vs. Person?

200

This is when a story is told from a character's perspective.

What is first person POV?

200

This is a direct comparison without using "like" or "as."

What is a metaphor?

200

This is a character that doesn't change much throughout the story.

What is a static character?

200

This is the most emotionally intense point of a story.

What is the climax?

300

A conflict between a person and a wild animal, the ocean, a tornado, an earthquake, etc.

What is Person Vs. Nature?

300

This is when a story is told by a narrator who has access to the thoughts and feelings of only one character.

What is third person limited POV?

300

This is when we give human characteristics to a non-human entity.

What is personification?

300

This is a character whose backstory and motivations we are familiar with.

What is a round character?

300

This is the way that an author portrays feeling in their writing.

What is tone?

400

A conflict between a person and a machine.

What is Person Vs. Technology?

400

This is the rare POV where a reader is a character in the story, and the narrator addresses the reader as "you."

What is second person POV?

400

This is an extreme exaggeration.

What is hyperbole?

400

This is a character who changes significantly throughout a story.

What is a dynamic character?

400

This is the way you as the reader feel while you are reading.

What is mood?

500

A conflict between a person and a governmental body, norm, or cultural expectation.

What is Person Vs. Society?

500

This is when the narrator has access to the thoughts and feelings of more than one character.

What is third person omniscient POV?

500

This is when a writer uses descriptive writing in order to invoke sensory experiences for the reader.

What is imagery?

500

This is the difference between indirect and direct characterization.

What is indirect characterization shows while direct characterization tells? OR What is indirect characterization tells you about a character without directly stating the facts, whereas direct characterization states the obvious.

500

This is what the author wants you to take away from the story/ how the author feels about the topic they are writing about.

What is theme?

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