Basic Elements
One of the people or animals in a story.
What is a character?
A conflict between characters.
What is Person Against Person?
The angle by which a story is told. The angle depends upon the narrator, or person telling the story.
What is Point of View?
The message about life or human nature that is "hidden" in the story that the writer tells.
What is Theme?
Follows the Falling Action and officially ends the story.
What is the Resolution?
The person or force that works against the hero/main character in the story.
What is the Antagonist?
A conflict within a character's own mind..
What is a Problem Against Self?
One of the characters in the story is telling the story. (I, me)
What is First-Person Point of View?
The feeling a piece of literature creates in a reader.
What is Mood?
This introduces characters and settings while supplying background and setting the tone.
What is Exposition?
The main character in a story, often a good or heroic type.
What is the Protagonist?
A conflict between a character and school, the Law, or some tradition.
What is a Person Against Society?
The narrator is telling the audience what is happening and is NOT in the thoughts and feelings of any character.
What is 3rd Person Objective?
What is Indirect?
This introduces complications (problems) which build suspense and is when the plot "thickens."
What is Rising Action?
The place and time frame in which a story takes place.
What is the Setting?
A conflict between a character and a blizzard, a hurricane, a mountain climb, etc.
What is a Person Against Nature?
Third-Person point of view allows the narrator to share the thoughts and feelings of two or more characters. (all, everything)
What is Third-Person Omniscient?
The attitude of the author or SOUND of the characters that comes across in a piece of literature.
What is Tone?
This is the turning point of the story and the moment when the suspense reaches its peak which results in a change for the main character. This sometimes occurs at the end of the story, without being followed by the falling action.
What is the Climax?
The action that makes up the story, following a plan called the plot line.
What is the Plot?
A problem or struggle that appears to be well beyond a character's control.
What is a Person Against Fate (God)?
Third-Person point of view that allows the narrator to share the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
What is Third-Person Limited Omniscient?
The two types of characters (besides main and minor).
What is Round and Flat?
This occurs after the climax of the story when the conflict starts to be resolved.
What is the Falling Action?