Plot
The series of events that increase tension, propel the plot and conflict forward, and lead to the climax of the story.
What is Rising Action?
The main character of a story.
What is Protagonist?
The struggle between opposing forces.
What is Conflict?
When and where the story takes place.
What is Setting?
The Point of View when the narrator is inside the story and uses words such as I, we, and me.
What is First Person?
The conclusion of the story's plot.
What is Resolution?
Make an inference about the protagonist's character. "The cashier had given him five cents extra in change by mistake. He turned around to return the money."
What is kind? What is honest? What is good? (etc.)
The conflict is between two or more characters in the story.
What is Character vs. Character?
The setting of: "Levi never thought he would hit a home-run. He watched the ball leave the pitchers hand and slide down the middle of the plate. He gripped his hands tight and swung the bat - the ball flew over the fence as he rounded first base."
What is Baseball Field?
The story moves back in time.
What is Flashback?
The story begins to slow down and work towards its end, tying up loose ends of the plot.
What is Falling Action?
The character in conflict with the main character.
What is Antagonist?
This type of conflict pits a story's main character or characters against a natural force such as a flood, predatory animal, or disease epidemic.
What is Character vs. Nature?
Hogwarts.
What is the setting of Harry Potter?
The Point of View when the narrator is outside the story and uses words such as he/she, and they.
What is third person?
The most exciting part of the story, when the conflict is resolved.
What is Climax?
The author explicitly tells you what you need to know about the character, no inferences necessary.
What is Direct Characterization?
Conflict where the protagonist battles against elements of government or culture.
What is Character vs. Society?
The main setting of Peter and the Starcatchers so far.
What is Neverland?
The message or life lesson of a piece of fiction.
What is Theme?
The event in the exposition that sets the main character or characters on the journey that will occupy them throughout the narrative.
What is Inciting Event?
The authors creates situations where you have to infer what type of person the character is based on their actions, feelings, and thoughts.
What is Indirect Characterization?
The struggle or opposition is within one character. A character struggling to overcome fear, addiction, emotional damage or other crippling personal issue.
What is Character vs. Self?
P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney.
What is a setting in Finding Nemo?
The author includes early clues about what will happen later in the story.
What is Foreshadowing?