Point of View
The eyes through which an author tells a story.
point of view
Problem that creates tension and drama.
conflict
Most important person in the story.
protagonist
The message of the story.
theme
The time and place of a story's action.
setting
A story told from viewpoint of character in the story ("I')
first person (limited) point of view
The moment when the action comes to its highest point.
climax
The character who plays against main character.
antagonist
The writer or character tells the reader the message.
stated theme
The part of a story following climax and leading to resolution.
falling action
The narrator tells the story (he/she).
third person (omniscient) point of view
The part of the story when the problem is solved.
resolution
Qualities that make up a character's personality.
character traits
The reader has to infer the message to him/herself.
implied theme
The overall feeling created by details and images used by a writer to describe a setting.
mood
The point of view that presents thought going on inside character's head.
stream of consciousness/ omniscient
The part of the story where the author introduces the essentials of a story to a reader (characters, setting, dramatic situation)
exposition
Person of less importance in story but helps plot develop.
minor character
A person, place, or thing that stands for something beyond self.
symbol
Any obstacle that increases tension of the story.
complication/ conflict
The point of view of this sentence: "I wasn't going to let them get me."
first person
The part of a story in which tension rises and keeps rising until the climax.
rising action
Character who shows several sides of personality and grows and changes throughout the story.
round character
In fiction, this usually expresses the author's view about life and how people behave.
theme
A dramatic scene that takes the reader out of chronological order and back to an earlier time in the novel.
flashback