Semester Exam 8th Reading Miller

The mood of the story

• theme
• atmosphere
• suspense
• foreshadowing

Character that brings the conflict - usually the bad guy

• protagonist
• antagonist
• minor characters

High point of the story - action will take a new direction

• rising action
• climax
• falling action
• exposition

Introduces characters, setting, and background information

• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• falling action
• resolution

Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Technology, Man vs. Society, etc.

• internal conflict
• external conflict

When conflicts begin to be solved in a story

• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• falling action
• resolution

Giving clues to what will happen next in the story

• foreshadowing
• atmosphere
• theme
• suspense

Man vs. Himself - one human vs. an emotion or characteristic inside his or her own mind.

• internal conflict
• external conflict

Point of view in which a narrator is a character in the story and tells the story.

• First person Narrative
• Third Person Limited
• Third Person Omniscient

Characters in the story just to move it along or add details.

• protagonist
• antagonist
• minor characters