Potpourri
Characters
Plot
Conflict
Point of View
100
The time and place a story happens.
What is setting?
100
The hero of the story.
What is the protagonist?
100
The beginning of the story.
What is the exposition?
100
The two main types of conflict.
What are internal and external conflict?
100
The three types of POV.
What are first person, second person, and third person?
200
What a reader feels when reading a text.
What is mood?
200
The villain of the story
What is the antagonist?
200
The most exciting part of the story; the turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
200
The only type of internal conflict.
What is person versus self?
200
The narrator is in the story. Pronoun hints include I, me, my, us, our, and we.
What is first person POV?
300
The author's attitude towards the audience, characters, or topic.
What is tone?
300
A character the reader knows a little about
What is a flat character?
300
Events that build suspense leading to the climax.
What is the rising action?
300
Another character tries to stop the protagonist from reaching his or her goals.
What is person versus person?
300
The narrator is not in the story. Pronoun hints include he, she, and they.
What is third person POV?
400
Indirect and Direct
What are the two types of characterization?
400
A character that changes during the story.
What is a dynamic character?
400
The end of the story.
What is the resolution?
400
Aliens try to take over the world.
What is person versus supernatural?
400
The narrator addresses the reader directly. Pronoun hints include you, and your.
What is second person POV?
500
The significant statement the author is making about life. The life lesson or moral.
What is the theme of a story?
500
A character that doesn't change during the story.
What is a static character?
500
The events that wrap up how the conflict is dealt with; leads to the end of the story.
What is the falling action?
500
A volcano erupts and lava flows into town.
What is person versus nature?
500
The three types of third person POV.
What are limited, objective, and omniscient?
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