SETTING The time and place in which the events of the story take place.

People, animals, or natural forces represented as persons in a work of literature

Static - a character that stays the same throughout the story. Dynamic - a character that undergoes changes in personality or attitude. Flat - a character that has only one dimension or "side." Sometimes they are a stereotyped person. Round - a character that has many sides to his/her personality.

The sequence of related events that make up a story

background information presented; characters are introduced; the setting is established

events leading up to the turning point. The problem develops and intensifies

the moment at which the plot reaches its point of greatest emotional intensity; it is also the turning point

the tension decrease, and the plot moves toward the conclusion

how the author ends the story; it records the outcome of the conflict and ties any loose ends in the story

Conflict

struggle between opposing forces that sets the plot in motion; it engages the reader, builds suspense or mystery Man vs. man external struggle between two or more individuals Man vs. himself internal struggle concerning emotion and decision Man vs. nature external struggle between man and an element of nature

the vantage point from which a story is told OMNISCIENT (Third Person) the teller of the story can take us into the minds of all the characters THIRD PERSON Outside narrator (the writer) tells the story usually from the main character’s point of view; narrator is not involved in the story FIRST PERSON an "I" tells the story. Our perception of other characters comes from this person's view-narrator is in the story

THEME - the central idea, message, or even moral found in a story FORESHADOWING - Hints or clues of the things to come in the story