Show:
Point of View
Characters
Conflicts
Plot
Setting
100
Author uses "I"
What is first person point of view?
100
Traits the describe personality
What are inner traits?
100
When a character has a problem with another character
What is person vs. person conflict?
100
The main problem or driving force in a story.
What is plot?
100
Two things that make up setting
What is time and place?
200
Point of view where the author looks over the characters' shoulders to tell us what they are doing
What is 3rd person point of view?
200
Traits that describe appearance
What are outer traits?
200
When a character struggles with something in nature
What is person vs. nature conflict?
200
The events or problems that lead to the climax.
What is rising action?
200
The feelings created by how a place is described.
What is mood?
300
"I wanted that ice cream cone so bad!"
What is 1st person?
300
Ms. Mc always says please and thank you.
What is an inner trait?
300
When a character struggles with a problem within themselves.
What is person vs. self?
300
The events or problems that lead to the resolution.
What is falling action?
300
Mood created by this sentence: She shakily opened the creaking rotten door, unsure of what lay on the other side, which was dark and foggy.
What is scared or frightened?
400
"Sally hated going to her grandma's house, but she loved getting candy while there"
What is 3rd person?
400
He was as tall as Michael Jordan but had feet miniscule enough to fit in doll's shoes.
What is an outer trait?
400
When a character breaks a rule or law
What is person vs. law conflict?
400
The craziest part in the story or turning point.
What is the climax?
400
Ways to describe mood that compare.
What are similes and metaphors?
500
It stands for POV
What is point of view?
500
A way to describe inner traits
What is show, not tell?
500
A character is living in poverty.
What is person vs.society?
500
Similar to the lesson in a memoir.
What is the resolution?
500
A strategy used in the memoir unit to describe a place.
What are the five senses?