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Elements of a Story
Elements of a Story
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Reviewing the elements of a story: plot, character, and theme
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What is internal conflict?
a struggle taking place within a character's mind
the highest or most intense point in the development of plot
a struggle with an outside force
the setting and characters
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What is resolution?
the highest or most intense point of the story
a conflict that the character has with another character
the part of the story that introduces the characters
the part of the story where problems are solved; the end
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What is a protagonist?
the time and place of the story
the narrator of the story
a character or force in conflict with the main character
the main character in the story
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What is the Point of View in "The Book of Sand"?
Second Person
Third Person Omniscient
First Person
Third Person Limited
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What is first person?
the author
a narrator who tells only what one character experiences
a narrator who is outside the story; uses "he," "she"
the narrator is a character in the story; uses "I" and "we"
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What are characters?
the protagonist and the antagonist only
the place and time of the story
only the person who narrates the story
the people or animals in the action of the story
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What is falling action?
a feeling of excitement about what is to happen
the action beginning after the climax, leading to resolution
the sequence of events in the story
the events in the plot building towards the climax
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What are the two types of conflict?
internal and external
forces that act against you
your thoughts and feelings
inside and outside
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What is conflict?
when the problem is resolved
a struggle between opposing forces, causing the action
when nature interferes with the story
when two characters dislike each other
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What is an antagonist?
a character in the story who narrates the events
the narrator in the story
the main character in the story
a character or a force in conflict with the main character
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What was the Point of View in "The Pedestrian"?
Third Person Omniscient
First Person
Third Person Limited
Second Person
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What is fiction?
prose writing of true events
prose writing based on imaginary characters or situations
poetry and drama
the story of a writer's own life
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What is rising action?
the part of the story where the problems are solved; the end
a series of events in the plot building towards the climax
the setting and characters
a series of events from the climax to the resolution
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What is climax?
a struggle between opposing forces
one of the events after the conflict
the highest or most intense part of the plot
the part of the story where problems are solved; the ending
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What is external conflict?
another character who bullies you
a conflict within yourself
conflict with an outside force (character, society, weather)
the highest or most intense part of the plot
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What is third person?
narrator is outside the story; uses "he," "she," "they"
used to address a character or the reader: uses "you/your"
the main character in the story
narrator is a character in the story; uses "I," "we"
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What is nonfiction?
prose that comes from the imagination of the writer's mind
a biography
prose that presents real people, places, or events
poetry and drama
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What is a plot?
the time and place of the action
act of creating and developing a character
the sequence of events in a story
a related series of events building toward the climax
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What is the setting?
the characters in the story
the sequence of events in a story
the highest or most intense point in the plot
the time and place of the story
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What is the exposition?
the part of the story including setting and characters
the sequence of events in the story
the part of the story where problems are solved; the ending
the highest or most intense point in the plot
