Conflict
Point of View
Vocabulary
Story Line
Miscellaneous
100
Juan is angry with Sebastian who is angry with Juan.
What is Man vs. Man
100
Indicated by the use of the pronoun "I". Story is told by the main character and everything is seen through their eyes.
What is First Person
100
"It's a shame and a pity we can't have a decent meal's *vittles* once in a while when my own family comes to see us."
What is food
100
The introduction of a story where the reader meets the characters and the time and place are set for the novel
What is Exposition
100
The Hero
What is Protagonist
200
He heard the twigs behind him snap like a back breaking. "This is not good," He thought. He heard a snarling coming from behind him and hot breath on his neck. He turned slowly and came face to face with bright yellow eyes and white fangs that gleamed like razors in the moonlight.
What is Man vs. Nature
200
Indicated by the use of the pronoun "you". The reader becomes a character in the story. Least used point of view.
What is Second Person
200
"As nearly as could be *discerned*, the second traveller was about fifty years old, apparently in the same rank of life as Goodman Brown, and bearing considerable resemblance to him, though perhaps more in expressions than features" Young Goodman Brown
What is determined, figured out
200
The highest point of action within the story
What is Climax
200
The Villain
What is Antagonist
300
The battle was constant and raged on every moment of her waking life. She was so uncertain of what to do. Should she? Shouldn't she? She had never had this much trouble making a decision in her life. She threw herself on her bed, buried her face in a pillow and let out a blood curdling scream to ease the emotional pressure.
What is Man vs. Self
300
Use of the pronouns "he, him, she, her, they, them".
What is Third Person
300
"I found Simon Wheeler dozing comfortably by the bar-room stove of the *dilapidated* tavern in the decayed mining camp of Angel's..."
What is worn down
300
The tying together of all the loose ends of the story. It's ending.
What is Resolution
300
Dictionary definition of a word
What is Denotation
400
He felt like an outcast. Ostracized for being different than the rest of his classmates. It was not as if he had committed some heinous crime...he was just gay. That was it. Apparently committing that crime made him a social leper and no one could be friends with or even associated with someone like him.
What is Man vs. Society
400
All knowing narrator. Think God-like.
What is Third Person Omniscient
400
"It was given out that Ben Price had taken up the trail of the *elusive* cracksman, and other people with burglar-proof safes felt more at ease"
What is mysterious, hard to pin down
400
What happens directly after the Climax
What is Falling Action
400
Societal definition of a word
What is Connotation
500
2 major categories of conflict. Not to be confused with the 4 types encountered in literature.
What is Internal vs. External
500
Narrator who see's and knows all but shows what happens through one characters eyes.
What is Third Person Limited
500
"This, of course, must have been an *ocular* deception, assisted by the uncertain light."
What is related to eyes or vision
500
The tension begins to rise just before the Climax
What is Rising Action
500
Where the story takes place.
What is setting
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