Characterization
When an author directly tells the reader what a character is like.
Direct Characterization
What type of conflict does the following example show?
Two best friends are fighting over the attention of the same boy.
Person vs. Person
First, gather your supplies. Mix together the brown sugar and the butter. Make sure you scrape down the edges of the bowl. After that, add a teaspoon of vanilla and an egg to your bowl.
Second Person
What is the most exciting part of a story called?
THIS QUESTION IS WORTH 400 POINTS!!!!
Climax
What is the term used to describe the overall message of a story?
THIS IS A DAILY DOUBLE QUESTION!
Theme
What is the term used to describe the central person in a story. This character is often the good guy and the one the reader is rooting for.
THIS IS A DAILY DOUBLE QUESTION!!
Protagonist
What type of conflict is shown through the book titled I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916?
Person vs. Nature
What type of point of view is it when the person telling the story is a character in the story, so it often uses pronouns like "I", "me", or "we".
First person
What is the very beginning of a story's plot line called? This is when the author is introducing characters and the setting up the story.
Exposition
What term is used to describe writing that is super descriptive and allows the reader to picture (or smell, taste, feel, or hear) exactly what the author is saying.
Imagery
What is the term used to describe the stereotypical characters you often find in stories?
Stock characters
What type of conflict is being used in the following situation?
A student is sent home for breaking the dress code with her new lip piercing.
Person vs. Society
What point of view is it when the narrator is an outside person (not in the story) and is all-knowing, giving information on thoughts and feelings of multiple characters.
THIS IS A DAILY DOUBLE QUESTION!!!
Third Person Omniscient
What is the overall feeling a person senses from a piece of writing called?
Mood
What writing technique do authors use when they pause the story to tell the reader a story from the past?
Flashback
What are the two terms used to describe the types of characters based on their trait(s) shown throughout the story?
THIS IS A DAILY DOUBLE QUESTION!!
Round and Flat
What type of conflict does a person show when they are battling with depression and the desire to self-harm?
Person vs. Self
What type of third person narration just tells the story without any details on thoughts or feelings of any characters.
Third Person Objective
What is created in a piece of writing through the author's attitude? It is usually described by adjectives.
THIS IS A DAILY DOUBLE QUESTION!
Tone
What writing technique is shown in the following scenario?
A student is leaving home to go to college and the dad says, "I love you honey. Make sure you don't text and drive."
10 minutes later, with her phone in hand, the girl crashes her car into the back of a semi and never makes it to college.
Foreshadowing
What are the two terms used to describe the types of characters based on how they develop or change throughout the story?
Dynamic and Static
What two types of conflict would be shown through the following scenario?
A kid is stuck in a broken down elevator with a blood thirsty vampire.
Person vs. Supernatural and Person vs. Technology
What point of view is shown in the following example?
Tim was mad at Becky. He blamed her for all his problems. He wanted to tell her exactly how he felt, but was so nervous he'd say all the wrong things out of anger. "Just do it already you big wimp", he thought to himself.
Third Person Limited
What is the time and location of a story called?
setting
What are the two terms used to describe when 1.)something is implied by the author and has to be figured out by the reader
2.) the author flat out tells the reader something in the text
Implicit and explicit