Theme
narration
plot
characterization
types of characters
100
lesson or message in a story
What is theme?
100
one character tells the story and the reader sees experiences and events through his eyes
What is first person narrator?
100
the location and time period of the story
What is setting?
100
the main character in a story
What is protagonist?
100
a character who has many personality traits
What is a round character?
200
understand the story's events
What is how a readers determines the theme of a story?
200
uses the pronouns he, she, they
What is third person limited narrator?
200
a struggle in the character's mind or heart
What is internal conflict?
200
the person telling the story
What is the narrator?
200
blocks the protagonist from achieving his or her goals
What is the antagonist?
300
the change is a character is important
What is understanding the theme of a story?
300
refers to the writer's use of tone and diction
What is is voice?
300
an event from the past interrupts the story
What is flashback?
300
less important characters
What are subordinate characters?
300
a character who has only one or two personality traits
What is a flat character?
400
themes that appear in the literature of all cultures
What are universal themes?
400
the words a writer uses
What is diction?
400
the part of the story when all the loose ends are brought together
What is resolution?
400
the writer provides clues as to what the characters are like
What is indirect characterization?
400
a character who undergoes an important change or realization in the story
What is a dynamic character?
500
a truth about human nature which reveals the writer's philosophy about life
What is a theme?
500
the vantage point from which the story is being told
What is point of view?
500
basic situation in the story
What is exposition?
500
the reason why a character thinks or acts in a certain way
What is motivation?
500
a character who represents a universal type
What is stock character?