Basic
The time, place and environment where an action unfolds in a story.
What is the setting?
The series of events in a narrative.
What is plot?
What is first person point of view?
When the narrator is a character in the story and uses the pronouns "I", "me", or "we".
What is conflict?
A struggle between opposing forces that creates tension or suspense in a story
Those who participate in the action of a story
What are characters?
Highest point of action in the conflict, the turning point of a story.
What is climax?
A narrative voice that uses the pronoun "you" to address the reader or listener
What is the second person point of view?
A struggle betweeen a character and an outside force.
What is external conflict?
The feeling or atmosphere created within the reader
What is the mood of the story?
What are the five parts to a plot?
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling action, Resolution
What is suspense?
The excitement or tension a reader feels.
A struggle within a character's mind, such as over a difficult decision?
What is internal conflict?
The attitude that a writer takes towards a subject.
What is the tone?
Interrupts the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past.
What is a flashback?
When the narrator tells only what one character thinks, feels, and observes.
What is 3rd person limited point of view?
A hint or clue about what will happen in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
The main idea or message of a text expressed in a full sentence.
What is theme?
The final outcomes of the story, when all loose ends are tied up.
What is the resolution?
When the narrator has access to the thoughts, feelings, motives and experiences of all the characters.
What is 3rd person omiscient point of view?
Name the different types of external conflict
Man vs man
Man vs nature
Man vs society