narration
plot
point of view
characterization
elements of plot
100
the person telling the story
What is the narrator
100
a series of related events
What is plot?
100
the attitude a writer takes (humorous, sad, mysterous)
What is tone?
100
the reasons why a character acts or thinks in a certain way
What is motivation?
100
basic situation in a story
What is exposition?
200
the words a writer chooses
What is diction
200
a struggle between two characters
What is external conflict?
200
uses the pronoun 'I'
What is first person narrator?
200
the main character in a story
What is the protagonist?
200
the most exciting part of the story; the outcome of the conflict is determined
What is climax?
300
the writer's use of language including diction and tone
What is voice?
300
an event from the past interrupts the story
What is flash back?
300
we can believe what the narrator tells us
What is credible or reliable narrator?
300
the writer provides clues to what the characters are like
What is indirect characterization
300
problems that come up in the story that the characters need to deal with
What are complications?
400
the vantage point from which a writer tells a story
What is point of view?
400
time order, events occur one after the other
What is chronological order?
400
uses the pronouns "he, she, they"
What is third person point of view?
400
a character who changes in an important way during the story
What is a dynamic character?
400
hints in the story that something is going to happen later
What is foreshadowing?
500
the narrator knows everything that is going on in the story
What is omniscient point of view?
500
time and place of the story
What is setting?
500
the writer's use of language including diction and tone
What is voice?
500
blocks the protagonist from achieving his or her goal
What is the antagonist?
500
the part of the sotry when loose ends of the plot are tied up
What is resolution?
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