Point of View
Uses words such as I, me, we, my, and our.
First person
The story comes grumbling over the hill.
Personification
The events after the conflict.
Falling Action
Where and when the story takes place.
Setting
The tool used to analyze characters.
WALTeR
The story is told by someone who is not in the story.
Third person
The drive took forever!
Hyperbole
Introduces the characters, setting, and conflict.
The sequence of events.
Plot
Direct characterization
The narrator talks to the reader.
Second person
I climbed the hillside like a mountain goat.
Simile
The turning point.
Climax
The perspective from which the story is told.
Point of view
WALTeR is used to identify these.
Character traits
Key words are she, he, them, and they.
Third person
I slipped and slid down the slippery slope.
Alliteration
How the characters live after the events of the story.
Resolution
The problems or challenges the characters face.
Conflict
The author shows the reader about a character
Indirect characterization
The character is telling the story.
I see germs the way that kid from "The Sixth Sense" saw dead people.
Allusion
The sequence of events that requires the characters to face the conflict.
Rising action.
The author's comment on life, society, or humanity.
Theme
The main character in a story.
Protagonist