Parts of a Sentence
They're All Characters
It's All About Your POV
STEAL the Answer
Storytelling Staples
100

This is the word for what the sentence is talking about. 

What is the subject?

100

This type of character has a lot of traits.

What is a round character?

100

This perspective uses words such as I, Me, Myself

What is first-person POV?

100

This section of STEAL has readers infer traits and feelings of a character through what they say.

What is "Speech"?

100

This part of a plot wraps up the story after the character has usually found a solution. 

What is the resolution?

200

This is the word for what the main idea is doing. 

What is a predicate?

200

This type of character has few or no traits.

What is a flat character?

200

This perspective uses the pronouns he, she, and they, while the reader gets to know all the thoughts of all the characters.

What is third-person omniscient POV?

200

This section of STEAL has readers analyze what a character thinks or feels about a situation.

What is "Thoughts"?

200

This is the beginning of a story, giving the reader the details they need. 

What is exposition? 

300

This type of phrase consists of a person/place/thing and words attached to its description. 

What is a noun phrase?

300

This type of character shows very little to no change throughout a story.

What is a static character?
300

This perspective uses the pronoun you.

What is second-person POV?

300

This section of STEAL has readers analyze how a character makes others feel and react. 

What is "Effect on Characters"?

300

This is where the story picks up and begins making progress towards the main point of the story. 

What is the rising action?

400

This type of irony describes when the outcome of events contrary to what the audience and the characters expect to happen. 

What is situational irony?

400

This type of character experiences a lot of change.

What is a dynamic character?

400

This perspective uses the pronouns he, she, and they, while also only allowing the reader to know the thoughts and feelings of one character. 

What is third-person limited POV?

400

This section of STEAL has the reader review what the character has done.

What is "Action"?

400

This is where the story begins to wind down and story elements begin to come together, nearing the end of the story. 

What is the falling action?

500

This type of sentence has 2 or more independent clauses and 1 or more dependent clauses. 

What is a compound-complex sentence?

500

These three elements allow an author to "show" instead of "tell" a reader about their story, setting, or characters. 

What is

* descriptive details

* sensory language

* imagery

500

This perspective uses the pronouns he, she, and they, while only allowing the reader to know the actions and spoken words of characters. 

What is third-person objective POV?

500

This section of STEAL has reader take the appearance of the character into consideration. 

What is "Looks"?

500
This is the major divide or breaking point of the story, where all the pieces of the story have to come together to form a strong result. 

What is the climax?

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