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Narrative Elements
Point of View
Plot Structure
Figurative Language
Characters
100
The time and place where the events of a story take place.
What is the setting
100

What are the three kinds of point of view that we have discussed in class?

First Point of View

Third POV limited

Third POV Omniscient

100

The moment of highest drama and tension in a narrative, in which the main conflict is confronted fully.

What is the climax

100
A type of speech or writing that breaks away from the literal meaning in order to create a special effect or meaning.
What is figurative language
100
The term we use to describe the main character or principle actor in a narrative, the person with whom the reader most closely relates.
What is the protagonist
200
The process that involves letting a reader know who the people in the story are and what they are like.
What is character development
200

A story is narrated by one character, who refers to him or herself using words and phrases involving "I, me, my, we". This allows the reader to understand the thoughts and feelings of only the narrator.

First Person Point of View

200

The first part of a plot structure where the setting is established, and characters are introduced.

What is the exposition

200
A comparison that is made between two unrelated things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile
200

A character in a narrative who is opposed to the protagonist or protagonists; a villain.

What is the antagonist

300
The central struggle or tension within a narrative that shapes the plot and drives the action forward.
What is conflict
300

Point of view that allows the reader to hear the thoughts and feelings of ONE person

Third Person Limited

300

The point in the plot structure where the main conflict is introduced, and the tension begins to build.

What is the rising action 

300
A comparison that is made between two unrelated things that does not use the words "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor
300

This type of characters undergoes some type of change in the story.

What is a dynamic character

400

Name one type of conflict that a character faces in a story.

Man v. Man

Man v. Nature

Man v. Himself

Man v. Society

400

A method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all, or most, of the characters in the story.

Third Person Omniscient

400

The point in the plot structure where the characters have faced the main conflict, and events begin falling into place.

What is the falling action

400
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object. (Example: "The wind whispered through the window.")
What is personification
400

This type of character does not change in the course of the story

What is a static character

500
A main idea or message that is presented by the author in various ways throughout a narrative.
What is theme
500

What pronouns are used in Third Person Point of View

He, She, Him, Her, Them, They, etc.

500

The final step in the plot structure in which all loose ends of the narrative are tied up and the story concludes.

What is denouement

500
An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is literally true.
What is hyperbole
500

This type of character is stereotyped, shallow, and often symbolic

What is a flat character