1. FICTION
Genre in which the content is made up; a made up story.

2. The sequence of events or happenings in a story
Plot
The sequence of events or happenings in a story

3. Exposition
Action is introduced. Reader gains background information about setting, characters and conflict

4. Rising Action
Tension builds. Working to solve the problem. Leads to the turning point

5. Turning Point/Climax
When the forces of conflict come together and determine how the action will turn out.

6. Action after the climax. The plot winds down.
Falling Action
Action after the climax. The plot winds down.

7. The final outcome of the story. How the conflict is resolved.
Resolution
The final outcome of the story. How the conflict is resolved.

8. Conflict A struggle between opposing forces.
Can be either internal or external

9. Man vs. Self Struggle is within the mind of the character
Internal Conflict
Man vs. Self Struggle is within the mind of the character

10. External Conflict
Struggle against some outside force. Man vs. man; man vs. society; man vs. nature; man vs. supernatural

11. Characterization DARTS Ways that the writer reveals the personality
of a character to the reader.
DARTS

12. CHARACTER MOTIVATION
The reasons the characters act the way they do; reasons for behavior.
Why did he do that???

13. The main character. Who the story is about
Protagonist
The main character. Who the story is about

14. The character or force in conflict with the protagonist
Antagonist
The character or force in conflict with the protagonist

15. Secondary Characters
Characters other than the protagonist and antagonist, but are necessary to the plot

16. Static Characters
Stay the same throughout the story. They do not grow or change in any important way

17. Dynamic Characters
Change or grow during the story. They learn something from their experiences that changes them internally.

18. The reader only learns one or two traits of the character. One-sided
Flat Character
The reader only learns one or two traits of the character. One-sided

19. The reader learns about many sides of the character’s personality
Round Character
The reader learns about many sides of the character’s personality

20. Time, place and atmosphere of the story given in the exposition
Setting
Time, place and atmosphere of the story given in the exposition

21. Theme
What the story means. What the author wanted you to gain from reading the story. Theme is a truth about life, not a moral or a single word topic.

22. Who is telling the story
Point of view
Who is telling the story

23. First Person Point of View
The narrator is a character in the story – in other words, he/she is located in the story.

24. Third Person Point of View
The narrator is outside of the story – NOT a character in the story.
A. 3rd person omniscient: this is an all-knowing narrator who knows thoughts, feelings, past and present of most or all of the characters.
B. 3rd person Limited: this narrator knows the thoughts, feelings, past and present of ONE character (usually the main character), but knows only what he/she observes the other characters doing and hears them saying.
C. Objective (also called camera-view): this narrator knows ONLY what he/she observes the other characters doing and hears them saying.

25. Narrator
The voice that talks to the reader. It is NOT always the writer.

26. Hints about what will happen later in the story; a clue
Foreshadowing
Hints about what will happen later in the story; a clue

27. FLASHBACK
Author goes back to an earlier time and describes it and then goes back to present time.