Setting
The time and location in which a story takes place.
Setting
How the author arranges events to develop his basic idea.
Plot
The number of meanings for the word character.
2
Opposition of forces which ties one incident to another and makes the plot move.
Conflict
Idea or insight about life or human nature.
Theme
Geographical location.
Place
The number of essential parts to a plot.
5
Opposer of the main character.
Antagonist
The number of kinds of conflict.
4
One word
Topic
Dark and stormy night or bright, sunny afternoon.
Beginning of the story where characters and setting are revealed.
Introduction
Major events revolved around this character.
Protagonist
Leading character struggles against fate or circumstance of life.
Man VS Circumstances
A narrator who lacks credibility.
Unreliable Narrator
Local color.
Social conditions
Where the conflict is revealed.
Rising Action
Characters are convincing if they are 3 things.
Psychological conflict
Man VS Himself/Herself
General attitude for a piece of writing.
Tone
Feeling created at the beginning of the story.
Mood/Atmosphere
A story cannot exist without it.
Conflict
Round, many-sided, and complex personalities.
Individual character
Author tells the story in 3rd person. We know only what the character knows.
Omniscient Limited
When the main action of a story is interrupted, often to give background information on the storyline or main character’s past.
Flashback