Vocabulary
Theme
Characters
Plot
Point of View
100
Series of related events that drive a story
What is Plot
100
Guilt, Selfishness, and Pride
What is the Scarlet Ibis?
100
THe act of creating or describing a character.
What is characterization.
100
Where characters are introduced and the setting is revealed.
What is introduction?
100
The narrator is inside the story and involved in the plot. Uses "I" and "We" when telling the story.
What is first person point of view?
200
Contrast of appearance and reality
What is Irony
200
The story's theme or perspective about life must be inferred by readers. More common in fiction.
What is Implied Theme?
200
The character does not change.
What is static?
200
The conflict is introduced Man vs. Man Man vs. Nature Man vs. Himself
What is rising action?
200
The narrator tells a story by positioning the readers in the story as the main character. Uses the word "You."
What is second person point of view?
300
Emotion created in readers by part or all of the story
What is Mood
300
When a stories theme or perspective is stated directly by the author
What is stated theme?
300
The character undergoes a change inside. Not a physical change.
What is dynamic character?
300
The events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution.
What is falling action?
300
The narrator is outside the story and observes and comments on the characters and the plot. Uses "He," "She," and "They."
What is third person point of view?
400
Comparison of two dissimilar things not using like or as
What is a Metaphor?
400
The readers must find the connection between the stories elements and the human experience.
What is Determining Theme?
400
Motivated by a goal aspiration or desire to frustrate, challenge, or destroy the protagonist.
What is an antagonist?
400
The point at which the essential conflicts is ended or resolved.
What is resolution?
400
The thoughts and feeling of only the narrator or a single character are revealed.
What is third person limited?
500
A hint or a clue to events that will occur in the future or later in the story.
What is Foreshadowing?
500
Object with which people have multiple or the same associations
What is a conventional symbol?
500
Forces that drive a character to make them think, feel, or behave in a certain way.
What is motive?
500
Turning point; Usually a result of the two opposing forces coming head to head
What is climax?
500
The thoughts and feelings of all characters are revealed.
What is third person omniscient?
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