Plot
Characters
Point of View
Other Terms
Other Terms
100
The most intense moment and major turning point in the story.
What is climax
100
The person involved in the main conflict in a story.
What is the main character?
100
The angle or perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
100
The time and place in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
100
When the author gives hints or clues about something that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
200
A series of complications the main character faces that lead to the story's climax
What is rising action?
200
The reason behind an individual's actions.
What is the motive?
200
The narrator is one of the characters in the story.
What is first person point of view?
200
A conversation carried on between two characters in a story.
What is dialogue?
200
Returning to an earlier time in the story in order to make something in the present more clear.
What is flashback?
300
The events that bring the story to a close.
What is resolution?
300
The process of creating a character and bringing that character to life.
What is characterization?
300

The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of only one character.

What is third person limited point of view?

300
A universal message an author is trying to get across in a story.
What is theme?
300

A concrete object used to represent an abstract idea

What is symbolism?

400
The act or action that sets the story in motion.
What is the inciting incident?
400
When an author shows us what a character is like through his/her actions, thoughts, words and interactions with others.
What is indirect characterization?
400
The narrator knows and shares the thoughts, feelings and motives of all the characters in the story.
What is third person omniscient point of view?
400

Information we gather about a character from their thoughts, actions, or emotions. 

What is indirect characterization?

400
Using figurative language or descriptive vocabulary to create a mental picture.

What is imagery?

500
We are introduced to the main characters, setting and any other information that will help us understand the story line.
What is the exposition?
500

The characters in inside out having human bodies is an example of what story device?

What is personification?

500
The story is told by someone outside the story.
What is third person point of view?
500
"Being brave in the face of adversity can make you a stronger person" is an example of:

What is a theme statement?

500

The main conflict in hunger games is an example of this.

What is character vs. society?

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