Storytelling Terms
The time and location of the events described in a story/literary work
What is the Setting?
Writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
What is fiction?
The qualities of a character; what a character is like
What are Character Traits?
Background for the story. Characters are introduced, setting is described, and the tone is set.
What is the Exposition?
What is Point of View?
A problem or struggle between a character and an outside force
What is (External) Conflict?
What is Poetry?
The main character in a literary work
Central conflict unfolds. The plot "thickens" and suspense builds.
What is the Rising Action?
The type of POV when the events are told to the readers by a character in the story.
What is First Person POV?
A central message, idea or concern that is expressed in a literary work (Not the Moral).
What is a Theme?
A comparison between two things, using "like" or "as"
What is a Simile?
A character or force in conflict with the main character
What is an Antagonist?
"Highest point" of the story. A turning point. Usually results in the change of a character or a solution to the conflict.
What is the Climax?
The type of POV when the events of the story are told by someone outside of the story.
What is Third Person POV?
An author's use of hints or clues to give a reader an idea of what may happen next.
What is Foreshadowing?
Anything that stands for or represents something else in a story
What is a Symbol (or Symbolism)?
A character who does not undergo a change over the course of the story.
What is a Static Character?
The effects here are the result of the climax
What is Falling Action
The type of POV when the Narrator only has access to the thoughts and feelings of a single character in the story?
What is Third Person Limited POV?
A section in a literary piece that interrupts the sequence of events in order to relate a earlier incident or set of events.
What is a Flashback?
The atmosphere or feeling an author creates within a piece of writing
What is the Mood?
A character who changes over the course of a story?
What is a Dynamic Character?
The character or characters' problems are solved.
What is the Resolution?
The type of POV when the narrator has access to the thoughts and feelings of every character in the story
What is Third Person Omniscient POV?