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How well do you know the parts of a story?
The Narrator the teller of the story?
First Person is the point of view used when a character is telling their own story?
Third Person Limited is the point of view used when the person telling the story is not a character, but
we only get one character’s thoughts or feelings throughout the story?
Third Person Omniscient is the point of view used when the person telling the story is not a
character, but we get more than one characters’ thoughts or feelings throughout the story?
A character that is interesting with goals and dreams is a Round Character
A character that is boring with no dreams or goals is considered a Flat character.
A character that never changes throughout a story is… Static
A character that changes throughout a story is… Dynamic
The main character of a story is considered the protagonist
The person or forces that opposes the main character of a story is the antagonist
A symbol is what we call something that is used to represent something else (such as an idea)
Situational irony is when the events that are opposite of what was expected occur
Verbal Irony is when someone says the opposite of what they mean
Dramatic Irony is when the audience knows events that the characters do not.
The conflict is the problem of the story.
Self conflict is when a character struggle to make a choice or deal with a problem they created
Nature conflict deals with animals, weather, and the environment?
Technology conflict deals with computers, machines, and artificial intelligence
Person conflict deals with two (or more) people opposing each other
Society conflict deals with a group of people that share something in common (such as a team or club)
Fate conflict deals with events that are out of the characters’ control (such as being born deaf, or
attacked by the gods)?
Characterization is how we get information about the characters.
Direct characterization is told to us directly by the author?
Indirect characterization do we get from clues in the story or by seeing the characters’ actions/words/
Foreshadowing - clues the author gives us on what will happen later in the story is called…
The plot is the events of the story as the unfold
Exposition – Establishes characters and background knowledge
Rising Action – Creates tension, problem is established
Climax – Solution to problem is found
Falling action – characters’ reaction to the climax
Resolution – How the story ends