Plot
The part of the story when the characters and setting are introduced
What is Exposition?
This type of conflict takes place between the character and an outside force
What is external conflict?
A point of view in which the story is told by a character. Readers see the story only from this character's perspective (I, me, my).
What is first person?
Can be a person, animals, or creature in a story
What are characters?
Where a story takes place
What is setting?
The events leading up to the big moment
What is rising action?
This type of conflict takes place in a a character's own head or heart; it does not include an outside force
What is internal conflict OR man vs. self?
A point of view in which the narrator speaks to you, the reader, directly (you, yours, we).
What is second person?
The personality of a character; who they are as a person
What are Character traits?
The moral or lesson of a story
What is theme?
The events after the big moment when everything starts getting resolved
What is falling action?
An external conflict in which the character challenges another character
What is man vs. man?
A point of view in which the author is not a character in the story and can only tell what is happening. The narrator does not know any thoughts or feelings of any of the characters (they, them).
What is third person objective?
The main character of a story
What is protagonist?
Who is telling the story
What is point of view?
The very end of the story when everything gets wrapped up
What is resolution?
An external conflict in which the main character faces worldly forces such as earthquakes, typhoons, hurricanes, etc.
What is man vs. nature?
A point of view in which the narrator is not a part of the story but knows the thoughts of one character (they, them).
What is third person limited?
The character opposite the main protagonist
What is antagonist?
What a character says and what the other characters say about them
What is dialogue?
The most important moment of a story
What is climax?
An external conflict in which the main character is at odds with the world around them
Man vs. Society?
A point of view in which the narrator is not a part of the story, but is all knowing. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters (they, them).
What is third person omniscient?
The acronym STEAL is used for Characterization. What does STEAL stand for?
What is Speech, Thoughts, Effect, Actions, and Looks?
How each character sees a situation
What is perspective?