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The beginning of a story where characters and setting are Introduced.
What is the Exposition?
When a story is told by a character in the story using pronouns like "I," "me," and "my" to describe their personal experiences, thoughts, and feelings.
What is 1st person point of view?
A conflict where the protagonist is opposed by another character or characters, creating tension and struggle between them.
Ex: Harry Potter vs. Lord Voldemort
What is Man vs. Man conflict?
A literary device that interrupts a story's chronological order to present scenes or events from the past.
What is a flashback?
A literary device where a disconnect exists between appearance and reality, or what is said and what is meant. There are three different types.
What is irony?
The part of the plot where the main conflict builds tension.
What is the Rising Action?
When a story is told by an observer who refers to the characters using pronouns like "he," "she," or "they"
What is 3rd Person point of view?
A conflict between a character and the natural world, often a struggle for survival against environmental forces or natural disasters.
Ex: Martin Brody vs. Jaws
What is Man vs Nature conflict?
A literary device where there is a hint given of something that will happen later on in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
When a speaker or writer says one thing but means the opposite.
Ex: Sarcasm
What is verbal irony?
The highest point of tension in the story.
What is the Climax?
When the narrator reports only on what can be seen and heard, without delving into the characters' thoughts or feelings.
What is objective 3rd person point of view?
A character's struggle against the norms, traditions, laws, or a corrupt ideology of the society they live in.
Ex: Katniss Everdeen vs. The Hunger Games
What is Man vs. Society Conflict?
The use of descriptive language to create vivid mental pictures in the reader's mind by appealing to their senses, often through the use of figurative language, allowing the reader to experience a scene or situation vividly.
What is Imagery?
When a situation arises that is the opposite or contrary of what was expected or intended.
Ex: If a firehouse burns down.
What is situational irony?
The point in the story where the conflict begins to resolve.
What is the Falling Action?
When a narrator in a story speaks directly to the reader using pronouns like "you" and "yours".
What is 2nd person point of view?
A conflict that arises when characters struggle against powerful or irresponsible technology, such as artificial intelligence or scientific advancements.
Ex: John Connor vs. The Terminator
What is Man vs. Technology conflict?
A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work that the author assumes the audience will recognize and understand.
What is an Allusion?
When the audience or reader is aware of crucial information that one or more characters in the story lack.
Ex: In Oedipus Rex, the audience knows Oedipus is the murderer he is searching for, but Oedipus himself does not.
What is dramatic irony?
The part of the story where the conflict is fully resolved.
What is the Resolution.
When the narrator has access to the thoughts and feelings of all characters in the story.
What is 3rd person omniscient point of view?
A struggle against a predetermined outcome or a fated destiny, where the character may fight against what is believed to be inevitable.
Ex: Hazel Grace and August vs. Cancer
What is Man vs. Fate/Destiny conflict?
The author's or narrator's attitude toward the subject matter or audience, conveyed through specific word choices (diction), syntax, and stylistic elements.
What is tone?
The overall emotional atmosphere or feeling created in a text that influences the reader's emotional response.
What is mood?