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