Plot
This is the main problem that the character has to get over
What is the conflict?
This is the character of the story who is often referred to as the hero
What is the protagonist?
This is the POV where the narrator will use terms like "I", "Me", or "We"
What is First Person Point of View?
This is the definition of a Setting
What is when and where the story takes place?
This type of conflict is when two guys are having a fight in the bus loop after school
What is Man vs Man?
This is the beginning of the story where you meet the characters and establish the setting
What is the exposition?
This is a character who is flat, who doesn't change during the course of the story?
What is a static character?
This is when the narrator focuses on one character but uses the terms "He", "She", or "They"
What is Third Person Limited Point of View?
This is when real events that happened influence a story's setting
What is historical context?
This type of conflict is when a person is running through the jungle trying to escape a hungry tiger
What is Man vs Animal?
This is where the characters figure out how to solve the problem.
What is the falling action (dénouement)?
This is the character who can often be referred to as the villain in the story
What is the antagonist?
This is when the narrator uses the term "You". This technique is frequently found in "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories
What is Second Person Point of View?
This is when the customs, mores, and values of a particular time period influence the setting
What is Social Context?
This type of conflict is when the robots take over the world and one man is fighting them for survival
What is Man vs Technology?
This is the height of the action where the direction of the story changes
What is the climax?
This is a character who relates to or associates with the main character, but is not as important
What is a minor character?
This is when the point of view shifts from one person in the story to another so we can see everybody's point of view
What is Third Person Omniscient Point of View?
This is when the author does not directly state the setting, but mentions famous sights and landmarks (i.e. the Eiffel Tower) so you can figure it out
What is Implied Setting
This type of conflict is when a girl feels so much guilt over a secret that she is keeping that she begins cutting herself
What is Man vs Himself?
This is where the action intensifies. It has "peaks" and "valleys" that control the pacing
What is the rising action?
This is a character who undergoes change during the course of the story. They are different in the end than they were in the beginning
What is a dynamic character?
This is when a narrator has a biased point of view towards other characters or certain situations in the story that we as an outsider may see differently
What is an Unreliable Narrator?
This type of setting takes place in the future where everything seems to be wrong, like in The Hunger Games
What is a Dystopian Setting
This is when a group of teenagers is travelling across the United States during the 1960's fighting for voting rights for all
What is Man vs Society?