Story Elements
This is the main character in the story-usually the good guy
What is protagonist
What part of the plot introduces the conflict, characters and setting?
What is the exposition
A girl struggles to decide if she wants to go to the movies with her friends or stay home and do homework.
What is Individual vs. Self
True story about a person’s life or parts of his/her life written by ANOTHER person.
What is biography
This is the character opposing the main character-usually the "bad guy"
Antagonist
The resolution of a story falls after this part of the plot analysis
What is falling action - down the hill.
The trip to the island had to be cancelled because of the hurricane that was fast approaching.
What is Individual vs. Nature
Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets.
What is a mystery
A character who undergoes significant internal change throughout the course of a story.
What is dynamic character
What type of conflict is internal?
Individual vs. Self
Stories with fictional characters and events in the past.
What are the 2 types of characterization?
What are indirect and direct characterization
Type of character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the storyline.
What is static character
When people want to change human rights violations and protest to the government.
What is Individual vs. Society??
A short story, usually with animal characters, that teaches a lesson about what is important in life.
What is a fable
Process by which the writer reveals/tells the character traits of the character.
What is characterization
Character that has many character traits and is very complex.
What is round character
What are the different parts of the plot in order?
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
Adam is competing against his friends to make the basketball team.
What is Individual vs. Individual
Stories based on real or imagined inventions, space travel or life in other worlds, usually set in the future.
What is science fiction