Plot
Characters
Point of View
MISC
100
the sequence of events or happenings in a literary work
What is plot?
100
a character that grows and changes
What is round
100
the vantage point from which a work is told
What is point of view?
100
the time and place of action
What is setting
200
the struggle that takes place between two opposing forces
What is conflict
200
a static (does not change) or stereotypical character
What is flat?
200
tells everything from the ā€œIā€ vantage point
What is 1st person point of view?
200
conflict that exists within the mind of a character
What is internal conflict?
300
the highest point of intensity in the action of a story
What is climax
300
the methods used to present the personality of a character in a narrative
What is characterization?
300
a story that is told by an outside observer
What is 3rd person point of view?
300
the kind of writing or speaking that tells a story
What is narration?
400
the moment in the plot when the conflict ends
What is resolution
400
the writer tells you directly what a character is like
What is direct characterization?
400
tells us what only one character sees, feels, and thinks.
What is limited point of view?
400
the main idea or the basic meaning of a literary work
What is theme? (NOT TOPIC)
500
conflict between a character and a natural force, between two characters, or between opposing views held by separate characters or groups of characters
What is external conflict
500
the writer shows or dramatizes the character and allows you to draw your own conclusions
What is indirect characterization?
500
the narrator tells us things that the main character does not directly think or observe
What is omniscient point of view?
500
the use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come
What is foreshadowing?