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Plot
Elements
Characters
Understanding Purpose
Author's
Revealing
Miscellaneous
100
Completes the falling action and reveals the outcome of the conflict.
What is resolution?
100
The person who tells the story.
Who is the narrator?
100
The narrator is a character in the story; uses I, me, my, etc.
What is first person point of view?
100
A person, animal, or imaginary creature in a story.
What is a character?
100
The time and place that the events of a story occur.
What is setting?
200
The point of greatest interest or suspense.
What is climax?
200
The story is built around this character.
Who is the main character (protagonist)?
200
The story's main message.
What is theme?
200
The vantage point from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
200
A story about imaginary characters or events able to be read in one sitting.
What is short fiction?
300
Develops the conflict and builds suspense.
What is rising action?
300
Conversations between characters in a literary work.
What is dialogue?
300
The message of the story is stated directly.
What is stated theme?
300
Methods the author uses to develop a character.
What is characterization?
300
A sequence of events centered around a conflict.
What is plot?
400
The characters, setting, and conflict are introduced.
What is exposition?
400
Interact with the main character.
Who are the minor characters?
400
The narrator is someone outside the story.
What is third person point of view?
400
The narrator tells us what the character is like.
What is direct characterization?
400
The central struggle between opposing forces.
What is conflict?
500
Shows what happens in the story after the climax.
What is falling action?
500
Person or force who opposes the main character.
Who is the antagonist?
500
The main message is revealed throughout the story.
What is implied theme?
500
A character's personality is revealed, not stated.
What is indirect characterization?
500
A type of literary work.
What is genre?