Story Setting
Jane Schaffer
Plot
Literary Elements
People
100

The author's attitude

What is tone?

100

It requires a careful, critical look at the reading

What is literary response?

100

The series of events that begin to occur as soon as the conflict is introduced. 

What is Plot?

100

The people in the story

What are characters?

100

The main character

What is protagonist? 

200

The moral or overall message of the story

What is theme?

200

It is the first sentence of the paragraph. It shows the main idea

What is the topic sentence? 

200

The beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced

What is exposition?

200

A thing that represents or stand for something else

What is symbol?

200

The character/force opposing the protagonist

Antagonist

300

The problem of the story

What is conflict?

300

These sentences support your topic sentence.

What are concrete details?

300

Beginning, Middle, End

What are the sequence of events?

300

The turning point in the story

What is Climax?

300

The people in the story

What are characters?

400

When and where a story takes place

What is setting?

400

1 CD + 2 CM =

What is the formula for chunking?

400

This can help you visualize the plot

What is the plot line?

400

When the tension decreases

What is falling action?

400

the author describes the character

What is direct characterization?

500

How a story makes the reader feel

What is mood?

500

In conclusion,

For example, 

As a result, 

What are transition words?

500

The events that develop the conflict

What is rising action? 

500

It exist between a character and outside force

What is external conflict?

500

the author shows you what a character is like and what others say about the character

What is indirect characterization?

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