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Point of View
Theme
Character
Author's craft
Narrative writing
100
The story is told from the view of the person telling the story using I and me.
What is first person?
100
The most important message in the story.
What is main idea?
100
A person in the story.
What is character?
100
This technique is used when the author wants to go back in time to explain their feelings.
What is flashback?
100
Brainstorm, graphic organizer, making lists and determining ideas.
What is pre-writing?
200
The narrator is telling the story through one character's perspective.
What is third person limited?
200
A lesson that is taught or learned, usually in a fable.
What is a moral?
200
This character is not very important and only one or two things are known about them.
What is flat character?
200
A hint that something is getting ready to happen or will happen.
What is foreshadow?
200
This is the first time that you write your story. It is best to get your words on paper first.
What is rough draft?
300
The story is told by a narrator, however the reader knows what all of the characters are feeling and thinking?
What is omniscient point of view?
300
This should be evaluated in order to determine the theme.
What is character actions?
300
This character stays the same through out the story.
What is a static character?
300
This is an unusual or unexpected twist in the story. It is used for dramatic effect on the reader.
What is irony?
300
You use the thesaurus, dictionary and correct errors in spelling and punctuation.
What is editing?
400
Who you are telling the story to. The listeners/readers of your story.
What is audience?
400
In order to determine the theme this should be evaluated so we can learn a lesson from the character's actions.
What is external/internal conflict?
400
This character changes or learns something about themselves in the story.
What is a dynamic character?
400
These are words that cause the reader to see, hear, smell or taste.
What is imagery?
400
You go back to your writing and re-read, add and delete to make your writing more interesting.
What is revision?
500
The story is told using the word you. "You went to the bus and then you went home."
What is second person?
500
This is the main idea or message in the story.
What is theme?
500
This is what drives the conflicts in the story.
What is character motivation?
500
This is an object, idea or person that is used to represent something. Author's use this to get the reader to interpret the meaning of the text.
What is symbolism?
500
This is a way to organize a narrative story so that the story will move along in the action and come to a resolution.
What is plot line?