Theme
The message or lesson in a story.
What is theme?
The time and place of a story
What is setting?
The struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
The process of revealing a character’s traits
What is characterization?
The feeling the reader gets from a story
What is mood?
Two friends lie to each other and their friendship falls apart.
What is honesty is important in relationships?
The part of setting that refers to historical time or year
What is time period?
Conflict between a character and another person
What is character vs. character?
Telling the audience what a character is like
What is direct characterization?
The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience
What is tone?
A greedy king keeps raising taxes until his people rebel and overthrow him.
What is greed and power can lead to downfall?
The part of setting that refers to geographic or physical space
What is location?
Conflict where a character battles themselves
What is character vs. self?
Showing a character’s traits through actions, speech, or thoughts
What is indirect characterization?
Mood is created through word choice and this element
What is setting or imagery?
A boy is afraid to stand up to a bully, but when his friend is hurt, he finally speaks out.
What is courage means doing the right thing even when it's hard?
The setting of many scifi novels
What is futuristic/dystopian/utopian/space
Conflict between a character and nature, society, or technology
What is external conflict?
A character who changes during the story
What is a dynamic character?
The tone in a formal, serious essay
What is serious or academic?
A student fails a test but studies hard and improves their grade over time.
What is hard work pays off?
A term for a future where the environment is nearly unlivable
What is a dystopian or post-apocalyptic?
Conflict that drives the plot forward
What is central conflict?
A character with few traits, often one-dimensional
What is a flat character?
The difference between tone and mood
What is tone is the author’s attitude; mood is the reader’s emotional response?