POV
WRITING
CHARACTERS
ELEMENTS
PLOT
100

The narrator is not a character but a voice outside of it.

3RD PERSON POV

100

Central theme; what the story is about.

MAIN IDEA

100

People or animals who take part in the story.

CHARACTERS

100

Something that isn't proven.

OPINION

100

When the conflict's intensity lessens

FALLING ACTION

200

The narrator is a character who participates in the story.

1ST PERSON POV

200

A type of literature that is based off of real people, events, etc.

NONFICTION

200

A character who has many different attributes

ROUND CHARACTER

200

Compare the similarities between two things.

ANALOGIES
200

The part of the story where the conflict concludes.

RESOLUTION

300

The narrator is not a character but a voice outside of it and knows all characters' thoughts, feelings, actions, etc..

3rd Person Omniscient POV

300

A work that can be read in one sitting.

SHORT STORY

300

A character who remains the same throughout the story.

STATIC CHARACTER

300

The sequence of events in the story.

PLOT

300

The part of the story where the character and setting are introduced.

EXPOSITION

400

Tells the story of another person's life.

BIOGRAPHY

400

Literature that is not based on real people.

FICTION

400

A character who changes, develops, and learns something throughout the story.

DYNAMIC CHARACTER

400

The writer tells the story of his/her own life.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

400

The high point of intensity in the conflict is reached.

CLIMAX

500

Literature that is not based on real people.

FICTION

500

Communicates information gathered through research

RESEARCH

500

One dimensional-single trait. A character who remains the same.

FLAT CHARACTER
500

Hints about what's to come in the story.

FORESHADOWING

500

When the central conflict begins.

RISING ACTION