Ingredients
The time, place and weather
Setting
When the story is told from the point of view from someone inside the story.
First person
Define conflict
The struggle between opposing forces
The events that happen in the story
Plot
The ability to switch easily between two cultures in the same physical location and time but different social setting.
Code switching
The people in a story
Characters
When the story is told from the perspective of an outside observer.
Third person
Two types of conflict
External and internal conflict
The highest emotional point in the story
Climax
When the author describes the character
Direct characterization
The general feeling established in a text.
Mood
The point of view that uses the pronouns I, me, and we
First person
The struggle that occurs within the heart and mind of the character.
Internal conflict
Events leading to the climax
Rising action
Why the character wants what he/she wants.
Motivation
The message of life illustrated through the story
Theme
The point of view that uses the pronouns he, she, and they.
Third person.
Conflict that occurs outside of the character
External conflict
The introduction of the characters and situation
Exposition
What the character wants to achieve or, sometimes, what is the character wants to avoid as part of the story
Goal
Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses.
Sensory Language
Dialogue
What type of conflict is shown in the following passage?
"I wanted to beg her, 'Momma, don’t wait for them. Come on inside with me. If they come in the Store, you go to the bedroom and let me wait on them. They only frighten me if you’re around. Alone I know how to handle them.' But of course I couldn’t say anything, so I went in and stood behind the screen door."
Internal
The way a story moves from one point to another
Pacing
When the reader judges what the character is like based on what they say or do, or what other characters say about them
Indirect Characterization