Ingredients
The highest emotional point or turning point.
What is climax?
The introduction often includes this to grab the reader’s attention.
What is a hook?
The location or place of the story.
What is setting?
This term refers to a person, animal, or figure in a story.
What is a character?
This is the series of events that make up a story.
What is plot?
This part of the story usually introduces the characters and setting.
What is the introduction?
A story that takes place “one summer afternoon” is describing this kind of setting.
What is time?
The main character is often called this.
What is the protagnist?
A problem or struggle in a story is known as this.
What is conflict?
Rather than what happens in a story, this element is the "big idea" or universal message about life that the author wants to convey
What is theme?
The conclusion often resolves this central problem.
What is the conflict?
Where the story take place, for example: school, building, airplane, etc.
What is physical setting?
A character who changes throughout the story is described this way.
What is a dynamic character?
The events leading up to the climax, where tension increases.
What is the rising action?
Unlike a "flat" character who is defined by a single trait, this type of character is complex, multi-dimensional, and possesses a life like depth of personality.
What is a round character?
This literary term refers to how a story ends.
What is the resolution?
This type of setting includes the rules, traditions, and way of life in a story’s society.
What is cultural?
Character traits can be revealed through dialogue, actions, and this.
What is characterization?
When an author gives hints about future events, it’s called this.
What is forshadowing?
Four ways to describe a character.
What are actions, gestures, movements, and feelings.
An effective conclusion often restates the theme or leaves the reader with this.
What is the lesson/message?
A dark, stormy night that makes the reader feel scared is an example of setting affecting this.
What is mood?
Instead of stating a character's traits, an author uses this technique to reveal personality through speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions, and looks.
This is the narrator’s position or perspective in a story.
What is point of view?