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Literary Elements
Point of View
Characters
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Genre
100
everything in a story from beginning to end
What is the plot?
100
First person
What is the point of view of a narrator who is a character in the story and uses pronouns such as I, me, we, us,ect.
100
Direct characterization
What is it called when the author gives us direct and specific information about a character?
100
Autobiography
What is the life story of the author?
100
Fiction
What has made up characters and events?
200
conflict
What is the main problem a character faces and usually tries to resolve?
200
tells the story without being part of the action
What is a third person narrator?
200
Round character
What is a character who is fully developed in a story? ( We know what he/she looks like, what he/she is thinking or feeling, etc.)
200
Short stories and novels
What are the two most common forms of fiction?
200
Drama
What is meant to be performed by actors before an audience?
300
foreshadowing
What is it called when the author provides clues about what to expect as the story continues?
300
Third person limited
What is the point of view of a narrator outside the story who tells us the thoughts and feelings of only one character?
300
Static character
What is a character who changes very little from beginning of story to end?
300
Setting
What is the time and place of the action of a story?
300
Prose
What is writing that generally uses standard sentence and paragraph structure?
400
a theme common to all cultures
What is a universal theme?
400
point of view which tells the story using the word "You".
What is second-person point of view?
400
Flat character
What is a character who is less interesting or filled out by detail?
400
Narrator
Who is the person telling the story?
400
Narrative
What is a story that is told mostly in the order in which events happen?
500
flashback
What is an interruption in a story which tells of an event from the past?
500
Third-person omniscient
What is the point of view of a narrator outside the story who tells us the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters?
500
Dynamic character
What is a character who changes, often in a major way, during the story?
500
Inference
What is an educated guess based on the information we have be given?
500
Dialogue
What is the conversation between characters?