Who is the character(s) in conflict with the protagonist?
Who is the antagonist?
100
Who are characters in the story that make some kind of change (learn a lesson or gain new ideas)?
What are dynamic characters?
100
Who are characters in the story that stay the same (they don't learn anything)?
Who are static characters?
200
These are qualities that define the characters (ex. honesty) in a story.
What are character traits?
200
The term for reasons why the characters act the way they do is...
What is character motivation?
200
Where and when the story takes place (time, day, time of year, what year, weather, physical location, etc.
What is the setting?
200
The problem of a story
What is the conflict?
200
A character is struggling against an outside force, such as another character, nature or society is what type of conflict?
What is external conflict?
300
When two characters are against each other is
What is character versus character?
300
When a character is in conflict with something in nature like the weather, an animal or disease
What is character versus nature?
300
When a character is in conflict with society, the community, etc.
What is character versus society?
300
When a character is in conflict with themselves and they need to make a decision about something (ex. a boy trying to decide if he is going to ask her out or not.)
What is internal conflict?
300
the introduction of the characters, setting, and the basic situation in a story
What is the exposition?
400
The final outcome of the story
What is the resolution?
400
events that increase tension about the conflict
What is rising action?
400
events that follow the climax and reduce tension
What is falling action?
400
point of greatest tension in the story
What is the climax
400
the perspective from which the story is told
What is the point of view?
500
the person telling the story is a character inside the story and uses pronouns such as I, me, my, we, us
What is 1st person point of view?
500
The person telling the story is outside the story, but they do not know what any of the characters are thinking
What is 3rd person objective?
500
The person telling the story is outside the story, but they know what most of the characters are doing, thinking, feeling
What is 3rd person omniscient?
500
The person telling the story is outside the story. They know the thoughts of only one character
What is 3rd person limited?
500
the attitude, or feeling, that the author has about the subject