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Elements of Fiction
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Characterization
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People, animals, or imaginary creatures that take part in the action of the story.
What is What are The characters of a story?
100
Part where the story becomes more complex.
What is the rising action?
100
The struggle between a character and something outside the character.
What is external conflict?
100
The character is telling the story. Pronouns you will see are "I, Me, Us, We".
What is first person point of view?
100

The author provides specific details about a character.

What is direct characterization?

200
Writing that comes from an authors imagination.
What is Fiction?
200
The turning point when the action reaches a peak and the outcome of the conflict is decided.
What is the climax?
200
The conflict is within the characters mind.
What is internal conflict?
200
The narrator is telling the story. You will see"they, he, she, him, her, them" as pronouns.
What is 3rd person point of view?
200

The author shows readers what the character is like through his/her speech, actions, thoughts, looks, and what others think.

What is indirect characterization?

300
It is the time and place at which the events of the story happen.
What is the setting?
300
Sets the stage for the story. Characters are introduced, the setting is described , and the conflict begins to unfold.
What is the exposition?
300

A comparison between two often unlike things using "like" or "as."

What is a smile?

300

A situation when the reader or audience knows something the characters do not.

What is dramatic irony?

300

The main character of a story is oftent called this.

What is a protagonist?

400
The sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
400
the events that follow the climax and bring us to the resolution. The outcome of the sequence of events.
What is falling action?
400
The vantage point from which a story is told.
What is the point of view?
400

A situation in which a speaker says something but means something else.

What is verbal irony?

400

The character acting against the main character is called this.

What is the antagonist?

500
The moral or lesson the author wants the reader to learn.
What is the theme?
500
Loose ends are tied up.
What is the resolution?
500

Words like "dark, thick night" or "sunny, carefree day" set a certain __________.

What is mood?
500

A situation in which a character says something but means something else and adds sass or attitude.

What is sarcasm?

500

A character who changes throughout the story.

What is a dynamic character?