Conflicts
two characters get in a fistfight over a milkshake
Character vs. Character
The story is brought to a close. All loose ends are tied up and all questions are answered.
Resolution
A character tells the story.
1st person
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
Simile
The main character in a story. Can sometimes be considered the hero.
Protagonist
A lone survivor of a shipwreck struggles to survive on his life raft
Character vs. Nature
The most intense point of the story. The turning point.
Climax
A narrator tells the story but only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
3rd person limited
A phrase not meant to be taken literally.
Idiom
Clues in a story that hint at what might come later.
Foreshadowing.
The main character struggles to make the right decision when faced with a difficult choice
Character vs. Self
We learn about the characters and setting. Sometimes the conflict is introduced.
Exposition
A narrator tells the story and knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters
3rd person omniscient
A word that mimics a sound
Onomatopoeia
The feeling of anticipation that an author builds by dragging out events in a story.
Suspense
A corrupt government is using the children of the country as unpaid labor and the people begin to fight back
Character vs. Society
The conflict is introduced. The conflict begins to drive the story forward and increase the intensity of the story.
Rising Action
Clue words are I, me, my, ours
1st person
The snow was like a white blanket across the ground
Simile
The character in a story that causes conflict for the protagonist. Sometimes considered the villiain.
Antagonist
Character vs character
Character vs Nature
Character vs society
All of these are forms of what type of conflict?
External
The conflict is resolved.
Falling Action
Clue words are he, they, she, them,
3rd person
It's been a long day. Let's hit the hay.
Idiom
The BIG overall lesson learned from a story. Can be taken from one story and applied to others.
Theme