Vocabulary
Setting
Conflict
Plot
Point of View
100
comparison between two unlike things using like or as
What is a similie?
100
a geographic location where the action of the story is taking place
What is place?
100
The leading character struggles with his physical strength against other men, forces of nature, or animals.
What is Man vs. Man?
100
the part of the plot where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict or problem in the story is revealed.
What is Rising action?
100
This is the story told using you, which places the reader immediately and personally into the story.
What is Second Person Point of View?
200
the use of a person, place, thing, or idea to stand for something else
What is symbolism?
200
the feeling created in the beginning of the story - bright, cheerful or dark and frightening.
What is the mood or atmosphere?
200
The leading character struggles with himself, with his own soul, ideas of right and wrong, physical limitations, choices, etc.
What is Man vs. Himself/herself?
200
the part of the plot where the events and complications begin to resolve themselves. It is the logical result of the climax.
What is Falling action?
200
the narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters. The narrator tells the story using third person pronouns, but limits himself to what one character can sense.
What is Third Person Limited Point of View?
300
use of hints or clues of things to come - usually a very unpleasant event
What is foreshadowing?
300
when the story is taking place, such as period, time of day, year, etc.
What is the time?
300
The leading character struggles against ideas, practices, or customs of other people.
What is Man vs. Society?
300
the beginning of the story that introduces the characters, the setting, and the situation.
What is the Introduction or Exposition?
300
The narrator is an outsider who can report only what he sees and hears. The narrator can tell us what is happening, but he can't tell us the thoughts of the other characters.
What is Third Person Objective Point of View?
400
the comparison of two word pairs which have the same relationship
What is an analogy?
400
what the daily life of the characters is like.
What is social conditions?
400
The leading character struggles against fate, or the circumstances of life facing him.
What is Man vs. Circumstances?
400
the part of the plot that is the highest point of interest or suspense. It is the turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
400
the narrator, usually the protagonist, tells the story from his perspective using I, me, we, etc. The story is exposed to the reader from the narrator's eyes.
What is First Person Point of View?
500
a play on words such as a word used which has two meanings at the same time
What is a pun?
500
rainy, sunny, stormy, hot, snowy
What is the weather conditions?
500
a struggle with a force outside one's self, such as another person, nature, society, or fate.
What is external conflict?
500
the part of the plot that reveals the final outcome of the conflict or the untangling of events in the story.
What is the Conclusion or Resolution?
500
The narrator uses third person pronouns (he,she,they) and is God-like, all knowing. This type of narrator is not limited by time or space. He can move from character to character, event to event, having free access to the characters thoughts and feelings.
What is Third Person Omniscient?