Story Elements 1
The problem in the story the main character has to overcome.
Conflict
Another name for the main character in the story.
What is Protagonist?
Another name for the character in the story that goes against the main character.
What is Antagonist?
The beginning of the story where the main characters and setting are introduced.
What is Exposition?
Describe a flashback from "The Leap"
Trapeze incident
Anna meeting her 2nd husband
House Fire
Etc
What method is used to characterize indirectly? What does it mean?
What is S.T.E.A.L method?
Speech, Thoughts, Effect on Others, Actions, Looks
These are the events following the climax where loose ends of the plot are tied up and the conflict is in the process of being resolved
What is Falling Action?
This is the part of the story where conflict is resolved or determined to be unsolvable.
What is Resolution?
What character in literature represents a familiar stereotype or archetype? This character is flat/static.
What is a stock character?
What type of plot begins in the middle of a story?
What is In Media Res?
A series of events that make up the story.
What is Plot?
The turning point in the story where the suspense of the main conflict reaches its highest point. This is the most intense/emotional part of the story/.
What is Climax?
The events in the story that show conflict development and most of the action occurs.
What is Rising Action?
An internal struggle the main character has with their own beliefs, feelings, or values is what type of conflict?
What is Person vs Self?
What is the different between dynamic and static characters?
Dynamic characters change
Static characters do not change
What's the difference between direct and indirect characterization?
Direct: the author explicitly tells the audience about the character
Indirect: the author implicitly tells the audience about the character and inferences must be made
How the audience feels when reading a text.
What is Mood?
The main character battles against natural forces found in their environment is what type of conflict?
What is Person vs Environment?
The main character challenges the rules/laws, traditions, or institutions of their community is what type of conflict?
What is Person vs Society?
The main character faces forces not of this world is what type of conflict?
What is Person vs Supernatural?
Who was the main character in "The Leap"
Anna, the narrator's mother.
Name a "leap" Anna took in the story
Saving herself from trapeze fall.
Falling in love.
Saving daughter from fire.
What are ways to find tone?
Dialogue between characters
Author descriptions
Author's diction
The themes that emerge
What is the purpose of flashbacks and flashforwards/foreshadowing?
Flashbacks give information that develops characters and background for the events in the plot.
Flashforwards and foreshadowing show imagine or expected future outcomes and give us hints as of what is to come.
What are the 3 aspects of setting and give an example of each?
Time: Day, Year, time of day/year, time in history, etc.
Physical world: Location, weather, anything related to environment
Social environment: Laws, rules, local customs, traditions, etc.