Point of View
A narrative point of view that focuses on the story from the perspective of one character, the narrator is a voice outside of the story and uses pronouns such as: he, she, they and them.
What is 3rd Person Limited point of view?
A form of characterization where the author simply tells the reader about a character's personality traits.
What is direct characterization?
A type of figurative language that compares seemingly unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
A series of events and complications (small conflicts) that occurs after the exposition of the story. This part of the plot ends at the climax of the story.
What is the rising action?
A type of conflict within a story where a character struggles with their own thoughts and feelings.
What is an internal conflict?
A narrative point of view that focuses on the story from the perspective of the protagonist. The reader sees the story from the narrator's perspective. This narrator pronouns such as: I, me, my, and mine
What is 1st Person point of view?
A character who remains the same throughout a story.
What is a static character?
A type of figurative language that compares seemingly unlike things and uses "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
The introduction of a story that provides the reader with background information about the characters, the setting, and ends when the central conflict of the story is introduced.
What is the exposition?
When a writer includes language which appeals to the five senses (touch, taste, smell, sight, touch) to create the tone of a story.
What are sensory details?
A narrative point of view that focuses on the story from the perspective of the reader or as an internal monologue, the narrator uses pronouns such as: you and your.
What is 2nd person point of view?
When the reader is provided with clues or hints early in a story that helps them to predict what a character might do or believe later in the text.
What is foreshadowing?
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for effect. Examples may include: "I was dying of laughter" and "I've told you a million times".
What is a hyperbole?
What is the resolution?
A type of conflict within a story where there is a struggle between a character and an outside force. Examples include character vs. character, character vs. nature and character vs. society.
What is an external conflict?
A narrative point of view that focuses on the story from the perspective of multiple characters, the narrator is an all knowing observer and uses pronouns such as: he, she, they and them.
What is 3rd Person Omniscient point of view?
A form of characterization where the author reveals a character’s personality through the words, actions, thoughts, relationships and physical appearance of the character
What is indirect characterization?
An example of which kind of figurative language is used in the poem "Ode to Teachers" in the example below:
"...The steady blessings of stars"
What is personification?
The sequence of events that occur immediately after the climax, where the tension starts to decrease and the plot moves towards resolution, essentially tying up loose ends and allowing characters to process the major events that just happened before the final conclusion.
What is the falling action?
The time and place in which a story occurs
What is the setting?
A character who undergoes change, especially in their way of thinking, acting or in their beliefs over the course of a story.
What is a dynamic character?
The writer's attitude toward their subject and audience. Often the reader understands this story element because of the mood that they feel when they read the story.
What is tone?
The turning point (for the protagonist) where the main conflict of a story is resolved. Often considered the most exciting or interesting part of a story.
What is the climax?
An insight about life that is conveyed through the story details. The moral or message of a story. A reader frequently infers this story element at the end of the story.
What is theme?