Short Story & Lit Element Review

Exposition

• Events that complicate the plot

• Events that help to resolve the conflict

• Characters, setting, and background

• Turning point of the conflict

Rising Action

• End of the central conflict

• Turning point of the conflict

• Events that complicate the plot

• Events that help to resolve the conflict

Climax

• Events that help to resolve the conflict

• End of the central conflict

• Characters, setting, and background

• Turning point of the conflict

Falling Action

• Events that help to resolve the conflict

• Events that complicate the plot

• Turning point of the conflict

• End of the central conflict

Resolution

• Events that complicate the plot

• End of the central conflict

• Events that help to resolve the conflict

• Characters, setting, and background

Round Characters

• have many traits

• have 1-2 traits

• remains the same throughout the story

• changes throughout the story

Flat Characters

• Is the main character of the story

• Remains the same throughout the story

• Changes throughout the story

• Has 1-2 dominant traits

Static Character

• Character with 1-2 dominant traits

• Character who changes

• Character who remains the same

• Character with many traits

Protagonist

• A character with one dominant trait

• A character with many traits

• A character who remains the same

• Main character

Dynamic Character

• Character who remains the same

• Character who changes

• Main character

• Character with many traits