Story Elements
Plot
Aspects of Writing
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100
the time and place in which the story occurs
What is setting?
100
the most suspenseful part of the story where everything changes
What is the climax?
100
the sentence that begins a paragraph and states what you will be discussing in that paragraph
What is a topic sentence?
100
the difference between expectation and reality
What is irony?
100
From whose perspective the story is told
What is point of view?
200
The emotion created in the reader by the story
What is mood?
200
(opening) introduction of the setting and characters
What is exposition?
200
the last sentence in your introduction which tells you the three things you will be discussing in your essay
What is a thesis statement?
200
a struggle that takes place within the character
What is internal conflict?
200
appeals to the five senses in order to paint an image in a reader's mind
What is sensory detail?
300
the series of events taking place in the story
What is plot?
300
author builds the conflict or problems the characters must face
What is rising action?
300
words (like prepositional phrases) used in an essay to link together ideas so that your essay flows smoothly
What are transitions?
300
the main character in a story
What is a protagonist?
300
story told from the narrator's point of view; uses words such as I, me, we
What is first person point of view?
400
a struggle between two forces in the story
What is conflict?
400
point where the central conflict ends and the reader is able to see how everything has changed
What is the resolution?
400
the three parts of an introduction
What are hook, background, and thesis?
400
a persuasive strategy that uses facts, data, and statistics
What is logos?
400
the way an author feels about a subject (what he or she is writing about)
What is tone?
500
the main idea or lesson of the story
What is theme?
500
event that introduces the central conflict; begins the rising action
What is inciting incident?
500
used in a persuasive essay to acknowledge the opposing view (what the other people might say)
What is a counter-claim?
500
in poetry, the repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words
What is assonance?
500
the character who struggles with the main character in a story
What is antagonist?
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