Where in the world?
The time and location in which a story takes place.
Setting
How the author arranges events to develop his basic idea.
Plot
How do we learn about characters?
What they say
How they act
What others say about them
Opposition of forces which ties one incident to another and makes the plot move.
Conflict
Idea or insight about life or human nature.
Theme
Historical Time Peiord
The intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of events.
Suspense
Opposer of the main character.
Antagonist
Name 2 types of conflict
person vs. person conflict
person vs. self conflict
person vs. technology conflict
person vs. nature conflict
person vs. society conflict
Hints to events that will happen later in the story
Foreshadowing
Dark and stormy night or bright, sunny afternoon.
Turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension and drama
Climax
Major events revolved around this character.
Protagonist
Leading character struggles against being caught in the snow
person vs. nature
Interrupts the chronological order of the main narrative to take a reader back in time to the past events in a character's life.
Flashback
The rebels were overthrowing the government.
Social conditions
Where tension increases in a story.
Rising Action
A character who is fixed and often seen in many stories. They do not evolve and sometimes can be offensive.
Stereotypes
A person is protesting for their rights and freedoms.
person vs society
Name the 3 types of Irony.
Verbal
Dramatic
Situationa;
This is created at the beginning of the story due to the setting.
Mood/Atmosphere
The tying up of loose ends.
Denouement
When a character changes over time, it is called:
Character Development
Author tells the story in 3rd person. We know only what the character knows.
Limited Omniscient
To give objects a certain meaning that is different from their original meaning or function.
Symbolism