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PLOT STAGES
GENRES
SETTING UP A STORY
CHARACTERS
POINT OF VIEW
100
What is Climax?
Turning point in the story
100
What is fiction?
Imaginative or made up writing.
100
What is the plot?
Series of events in a story.
100
What are main characters?
Most important characters in the story
100
What is point of view?
The vantage point from which a story is told.
200
What is Exposition?
Introduces the setting and the characters
200
What is comedy?
Has a happy/funny ending.
200
What is the narrator?
The voice that is telling the story.
200
What are minor characters?
Less important characters
200
What is First-Person Point of View?
A main/minor character in the story. Uses the pronouns I, me or my. Shares his/her thoughts, feelings, & opinions of other characters and events.
300
What is Resolution?
Reveals the story's final outcome
300
What is drama?
A play or script
300
What is the setting?
The time and place of the story.
300
What are dynamic characters?
Characters who undergo important changes as a plot unfolds.
300
Third-Person Limited Point of View
-Not a character in the story (outside observer) -Zooms in on the thoughts, feelings, and opinions of one character.
400
What is Rising Action?
Introduces obstacles
400
What is Non-fiction?
Writing that is true.
400
What is a genre?
Category. All writing falls into a category.
400
What are static characters?
Characters who remain the same throughout a story.
400
What is Third-Person Omniscient Point of View?
-Not a character in the story. (Outside observer) -"All knowing," he/she can access th thoughts, feelings, and opinions of all of the characters in the story.
500
What is Falling Action?
Reveals the outcome of the story's climax
500
What is poetry?
Writing concerned with the beauty of language.
500
What is a sub-genre?
A category within a category.
500
What is characterization?
The way a writer creates and develops characters.
500
What is an inference?
A general conclusion drawn from information given.