A character is in and tells a story using the personal pronoun I
What is first person?
100
Introduces characters and setting while supplying background and establishing tone
What is the exposition?
100
Subtle clues in the text that hint at what is to come
What is foreshadowing?
200
The main character in a story, often a good or heroic type
What is the protagonist?
200
A problem within a character's own mind
What is person vs. self or internal conflict?
200
An outside observer, a narrator that is not a character in the story, tells a story from this perspective
What is the third person point of view?
200
Introduces complications that build suspense and "thicken" the plot
What is rising action?
200
A message or observation about human nature that is embedded in a story
What is theme?
300
The person or force that works against the main character in a story
What is the antagonist?
300
A problem between a character and a group, an institution, the law, or some tradition
What is person vs. society?
300
A third person point of view that allows the narrator to share the thoughts and feelings of only one character
What is third person limited?
300
The turning point in a story; the moment when the suspense reaches its peak, resulting in a change for the main character
What is the climax?
300
The feeling a piece of literature creates in a reader
What is mood?
400
The location and time frame in which a story takes place
What is the setting?
400
A problem between a character and an outside force such as a blizzard, a hurricane, a harsh climate, a rampant disease, or a desolate landscape
What is person vs. nature?
400
A third person point of view with an all-knowing narrator that shares the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters
What is third person omniscient?
400
Taking place after the climax, this plot event includes events that may help to fully resolve the conflict.
What is falling action?
400
The author's (for example) serious, funny, or satiric attitude toward a subject as revealed by characterization, word choice, and writing style
What is tone?
500
The action or series of events that make up a story
What is the plot?
500
Person vs. person, person vs. society, and person vs. nature are are all this type of problem
What is external conflict?
500
This point of view uses the imperative mood and the pronouns you, your, and yours to directly address the reader
What is the second person?
500
The term derived from French that refers to the tying up of loose ends at the conclusion of a story
What is the denouement?
500
A reference in a piece of writing to another literary work, work of art, a historical figure or event, or to popular culture *An example must also be provided