Plot
Literary Devices
Theme
Conflict
Miscellaneous
100
the part of the plot introduces the setting, characters, and basic situation of the story
What is the exposition?
100
the perspective from which a story is told
What is the point of view?
100
when the message or lesson of the story is said by the author in the story
What is a stated theme?
100
internal conflict
What is a conflict called that takes place in the mind of the character?
100
theme
What is the message, moral, or lesson of the story called?
200
the turning point or point of highest interest in the story
What is the climax?
200
the author leaves clues in the story that hint to what is going to happen next
What is foreshadowing?
200
the message or lesson is suggested or stated indirectly through the character's words or actions
What is an implied theme?
200
external conflict
What is a conflict in which the character struggles with an outside force or another person called?
200
falling action
What is the part of the story where the conflict is lessened or resolved called?
300
the struggle between opposing forces
What is the conflict?
300
stopping in a story and going back in time to explain past occurrences
What is a flashback?
300
when the message or lesson about life is one you have heard about or read about many times
What is the universal theme?
300
a surprise ending when the story does not end in the way the reader expects
What is irony?
300
rising action
What is the part of the plot that introduces the conflict?
400
resolution
What is the fnal outcome or ending of the story called?
400
a character in the story is the narrator
What is first person point of view?
400
the narrator only reveals the thoughts and feelings of a single character in the story
What is a limited narrator?
400
a conflict between the St. X and Trinity football teams
What is an external conflict?
400
character traits
What are qualities, attitudes, and values of the character called?
500
Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution
What are the 6 parts of a plot?
500
a narrator outside of the story tells the story
What is the third person point of view?
500
the narrator knows everything about all the characters in the story, including their thoughts and feelings
What is an omniscient narrator?
500
the conflict the main character in The Tell-Tale Heart has when he tries to convince us that he is not mad
What is an internal conflict?
500
character's motives
What are the reasons for a character's actions that explain why the character does what he/she does?