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IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE
ALL THE PARTS
MEET THE WRITER
IT'S STORYTIME
GALLIMAUFRY
100
Aspects of personality which define a character
What is Traits
100
Closing of the story
What is Resolution
100
How a writer puts words together
What is Sentence Structure
100
A character in the story who talks to us using the first-person pronoun "I"
What is First-Person Narrator
100
The struggle at the heart of every story that is closely tied to character motivation
What is Conflict
200
When a writer describes a character's traits
What is Direct Characterization
200
The central idea or insight about life that the work reveals
What is Theme
200
The attitude a speaker or writer takes toward a subject, character, or the reader
What is Tone
200
Knows everything that is going on in the story; all-knowing
What is Omniscient Narrator
200
An object, event, person, or animal that stands both for itself and also for something else
What is Symbol
300
When we observe a character in action to learn about the character's traits
What is Indirect Characterization
300
Underlying reason for a character's actions
What is Motivations
300
A writer's distinctive use of language, choice of words, and the attitude expressed
What is Voice
300
Using our imagination to translate words into images
What is Visualize
300
When writers place clues in their stories that hint at what will happen later in the plot
What is Foreshadowing
400
A two-dimensional character with only one or two key personality traits
What is Flat Character
400
The feeling of uncertainty or anxiety about what is going to happen next
What is Suspense
400
A reason for writing
What is Purpose
400
Focuses on the experiences of only one character and plot events are limited to what this character observes
What is Third-Person Limited
400
Might include examples, facts, anecdotes, quotations, or statistics
What is Supporting Details
500
A character who fits our preconceived notions of a "type" (such as the mad scientist or nutty professor)
What is Stock Character
500
Recurring patterns that are found in various genres of literature
What is Archetypes
500
How writers distinguish themselves by their use of language
What is Style
500
A piece of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about change
What is Satire
500
Things that seem odd or inappropriate
What is Incongruities