Plot
A series of events in a story
What is plot?
A struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
The people, animals, and imaginary things who take part in the action of a work of literature
What is a character?
The time or place of the action
What is setting?
A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader
What is theme?
An organizer to lay out the different parts of a text's plot
What is plot diagram?
A conflict that occurs within a person
What is internal conflict?
The most important characters in literary works
What is a main character?
When the setting of a story is usually established; beginning of the story
What is exposition?
The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
What is mood?
An interruption in the action of the plot to tell what happened at an earlier time
What is a flashback?
Character vs. Character, Character vs. Nature, Character vs. Society, or Character vs. Self
What is one type of conflict?
A character who undergoes important changes as a plot unfolds
What is dynamic character?
Location, Time, Weather
What are the elements of a setting?
A story less than a chapter that explores the life of 1-2 characters
What is a short story?
Occurs when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story
What is foreshadowing?
Involves an individual who struggle against such as nature, physical obstacle, or another person
What is external conflict?
The way a writer creates and develops characters
What is characterization?
Refers to the past, present, future, season, month, and time of day
What is time?
The contrast between what is expected or what appears to be and what actually is
What is irony?
When something unexpected happens in a story
What is a plot twist?
A struggle that arises because of differing values, customs, or circumastances between groups of people
What is cultural conflict?
The author presents the character's own thoughts, speech, and actions and readers make an inference
What is indirect characterization?
The literal place where a story takes place
What is location?
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
What are the 5 parts of a plot diagram?