7th Grade review Story Elements

The person in a work of fiction or the characteristics of a person is

Opposes the main character

Actors in a short story. They can be people, animals, or whatever the writer chooses.

leading character struggles with his physical strength against other men.

The action of the plot revolves around him or her

Character struggles with aspects of nature.

The author wants to you to visualize or experience a person, place or thing.

The truth or central idea a story reveals about life

Leading character struggles with himself; ideas of right and wrong

Time and location in which a story takes place; (place, time, mood...)

Story told through the eyes of a child

True or False There is no plot without a conflict.

A doctor is in a hurry and runs a red light. This is an example of:

Includes all events leading up to the climax. Presents some type of conflict

The author wants you to do, buy, or believe something.

What is plot

The author wants give you information.

A narrator who is confined to what is experienced and felt by a single character

Struggle that takes place outside of the body.

A narrator tells the story, but can only tell what he or she is able to see or hear.

Characters and setting are revealed

The author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy reading it.

The angle from which a story is told

the problem in the story

When the narrator says "you" and puts the reader directly into the story.

Reason for writing a text

All of the loose ends of the plot are tied up

When the person has conflict with aspects of society out of his /her control.

The narrator is telling a story about other people. Narrator will use words like he or she.

The author wants to tell you how to do something or how something works.

The story comes to a reasonable ending.

A narrator who is confined to what is one character, major or minor by a single character.

A narrator tells the story and is "All Knowing". They can tell what any character is thinking

Define Internal Conflict