Plot Elements
Time and location of a story
What is setting?
a struggle within a character
What is internal conflict?
The feeling a piece of literature creates in a reader
What is mood?
The main character's first and last name
Ichabod Crane
The perspective from which the story is told
What is point of view?
The turning point in the story - The point of maximum interest - The point when power changes hands
What is climax?
Three common types of external conflict
What are character vs. character, character vs. society, and character vs. nature?
The message or lesson an author reveals through his/her writing
What is theme?
What is the character vs. the supernatural conflict in "Sleepy Hollow"?
Ichabod vs. The Headless Horseman
An author's attitude toward a subject matter
What is tone?
The part of the plot that introduces characters, setting, and conflict
What is the exposition?
Occurs when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story
What is foreshadowing?
Type of characterization in which the author tells the reader what a character is like
What is direct characterization?
Who tells scary stories at the party?
How an author writes
What is style?
When the consequences of the climax are revealed - Also, loose ends of the story are tied up and tension begins to ease.
What is falling action?
A feeling of growing tension and excitement
What is suspense?
Type of characterization in which the author shows the reader what the character is like - the reader must infer character traits
What is indirect characterization?
What do the townspeople find while searching for the missing Ichabod in the story's resolution? (They find TWO things-- just write ONE).
A smashed pumpkin and the horse's tracks
Name the two main types of third person point of view.
1.) What is third person limited (narrator is not a character and has limited knowledge)?
2.) What is third person omniscient (narrator is not a character and has complete knowledge)?
Occurs during the rising action
What are complications - which result from characters struggling with conflict?
Two main types of characterization
What are direct and indirect characterization?
The part of the plot when the story's central problem is solved, leaving the reader with a sense of story completion
What is resolution?
Who is the author of "Sleepy Hollow"? First and last name!
Name the three main types of point of view.
1.) What is first person (narrator is a character in the story and uses 1st person pronouns)? 2.) What is second person (typically uses you and written as directions)? 3.) What is third person (narrator is not a character in the story and uses 3rd person pronouns)?