Parts of a Story
This part introduces the setting, character and conflicts
What is exposition?
The time and place of a story
What is the setting?
The vantage point from which the story is being told
What is point of view?
The conflict when driving home during a blizzard
What is person versus nature?
Snap, crackle, pop, thud, sizzle
What is onomatopoeia?
This is where the conflict is resolved and ends
What is the resolution?
What is the series of events that make up a story?
What is the plot?
The main character in a piece of fiction which is involved in the main conflict
What is the protagonist?
The struggle when deciding the internal conflict "Should I stay out late?"
What is person vs. self?
The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of the word
What is alliteration?
This is the crisis/turning point/high point of the story
What is the climax?
This is the central idea or insight revealed by the story - expression about point of view of life
What is theme?
The character or force that comes into conflict with the protagonist
What is the antagonist?
The struggle between 2 characters in the story
What is person vs. person?
A tornado strikes an outdoor theater when the movie Twister is playing.
What is irony?
This is the complication to the problem - the challenge for characters
What is the rising action?
The vantage point from which the story is being told
What is the point of view?
When the author tells us what the character is like
What is direct characterization?
The struggle between a character and the school system, legal system, etc.
What is person vs. society?
The leaves danced in the wind
What is personification?
This follows the climax and answers questions
What is the falling action?
The struggle between two opposing forces which can be internal or external
What is the conflict?
The reader figures out what a character is like by what the character says, thinks, and does
What is indirect characterization?
The struggle between 2 superhereos, one with a cool car and one who can fly
What is Batman vs. Superman?
Purposfully choosing between two words, such as frugal or cheap & assertive or bossy
What is connotation?