where and when a story takes place. helps to: provide background where char. lives reveal...

Where and when a story takes place

Helps to:•Provide background where char. lives•Reveal information about characters•Establish mood or atmosphere

The main character in a story; the character you

are rooting for

The character or force opposing the main

character

A character who changes over the course of a story

Before

After

A character who remains the same over the course of

a story

Has only one or two traits

Has many different character traits

How an author reveals the personality of a character in a story

What a character himself says, thinks, does, feelsPhysical description of a characterWhat other characters say, think, or feelNarrator’s direct comments

“Jim and Della were foolish.”

The events that happen in a story

At the beginning of the story; provides

background information about characters and

setting

Who, what, where, and when

Who, what, where, and when

The event that gets the action of the story

going; the event that gets the story moving

The series of conflicts (struggles) that build

the story to its climax

The high point, or turning point, in a story

Occurs after the climax; minor conflicts are

solved.

The final outcome in a story; the end result

A Royal

Exciting Force

Rising Action

Climax

Falling Action

Resolution

Exposition

A struggle (problem) between two forces

A character struggles with an outside force (nature, another

character, society, etc.

A struggle with a character’s mind between needs, desires, or

emotions

Man vs. manMan vs. societyMan vs. nonhuman (nature, supernatural, beast, fate, etc.)Man vs. self

Perspective from which a writer tells the story

One of the characters is telling the story, using the pronoun “I”

The “I” narrator

The person telling the story knows everything there is to know about the characters: their thoughts, actions, problems, etc.

The “all-knowing” point of view

The narrator, who plays no part in the story, zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character

A story’s message about life;

The moral of a story

The grass isn’t always greener on

the other side

The grass isn’t always greener on

the other side

Never underestimate your opponent

Never underestimate your opponent

Be careful whatyou wish for

You can overcomeyour past

The use of clues to hint at events that will happen later in a story

A scene that interrupts the present action to replay something that

happened at an earlier time

A story’s atmosphere or feeling it evokes

A person, place, thing, or idea that stands for itself as well as

something beyond itself

Anxiety the reader feels about what is going to happen in a story

When the audience knows something important that a

character does not know

Don’t open the door!

When a writer or speaker says one thing but really means something

completely different

“Wow, that outfit looks great on you.”

When there is a contradiction between what we expect to happen

and what really does take place

The attitude the writer takes toward a subject or character

Resolves a story’s conflicts in an unexpected way

An uncertain ending; an ending that can be interpreted in a

number of different ways

May not always know the truth or may purposely choose to deceive

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