Plot
This plot component provides background information about characters and setting that readers need to understand the story.
Exposition
This type of character is minimally developed and sometimes called a minor character.
Flat character
This dimension of setting tells us WHERE the story takes place.
Physical/geographic setting
In this point of view, the story is told by a character within the story using the pronoun "I."
First-person perspective
This literary device evokes additional meaning beyond its literal significance, like a wedding ring evoking commitment.
Symbol
These plot events create suspense, intensify conflict, and lead up to the story's culmination.
Rising action
This type of character changes and evolves throughout the narrative.
Dynamic character
This dimension of setting tells us WHEN the story takes place.
Chronological setting
In this point of view, an "invisible author" tells the story using pronouns like "he," "she," or "they."
Third-person perspective
This is the work's "message" about an abstract idea that emerges from all the story's elements working together.
Theme
This is the story's culminating conflict when suspense peaks and main characters face a turning point.
Climax
Round character
This type of character is well-developed with complex motivations through detailed, multi-faceted characterization.
This dimension of setting suggests the historical milieu, including cultural practices, language, and social conditions.
Social/cultural setting
This type of narrator only gives information that could be recorded by a camera or microphone, with no access to thoughts.
Third-person objective
This is the emotional quality of a work that emerges from the author's use of language and reflects the writer's stance.
Tone
This final plot component ties up loose ends and provides a tidy ending to the story.
Resolution or dénouement
This type of character remains unchanged throughout the entire narrative.
Static character
In "The Garden Party" this location is the primary setting.
The Sheridans' house
This type of narrator gives us the thoughts of characters and is "all-knowing."
Third-person omniscient
Unlike a theme, this is a prescriptive message about right and wrong, such as "Never overlook the power of small acts of kindness."
Moral
This is the overall pattern of events in a narrative, usually showing a process of change and emphasizing cause-and-effect relationships.
Plot
This is the process by which authors represent persons or person-like entities in fiction.
Characterization
This is the initial setting of the short story "The Shot"
The Village N.
In this narrative technique, the third-person narrator lets a character influence the language, blending narrator and character speech.
Third-person limited or free indirect style
This is the author's way of using language: the length of sentences, the diction, the irony, the figurative language, etc.
Style