opposes main character

the sequence of events that make up a story

time and place of the story

author's attitude towards a subject

the main character struggles against some other force (person vs person)

what the character or narrator telling the story can see (first, second, third person)

Narrator only knows the thoughts and feeling of one character

the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story

the underlying message or ""big idea" of the story

the person telling the story

shows the audience what the personality of the character is

tells the audience what the personality of the character is

comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

comparing two things without using 'like' or 'as'

when you give an animal or object human characteristics

any image or thing that stands for something else

a reference to something else (like King Triton from The Little Mermaid)

creates images in the mind of the reader

two words that contradict each other

a saying, image, or idea that has been used so much that it sounds uncreative

a feeling or idea that a word has

a word or thing's dictionary definition

exaggerates to an extreme

you make an issue seem less important than it really is

you know something that the characters don't

situation that is totally unexpected happens

when someone verbally says the opposite of what they really feel or mean

form or a language spoken by some group of people in an area (like the south - Hey Ya'll)

a play on words

character who changes

character who stays the same

character that we know a lot about

characters we only know one or two things about (not very interesting)

what is the very beginning of story called (on the plot diagram)

what is the highest point of action or drama in a story called (on the plot diagram)

What is the part of the plot diagram where MOST of the action happens?

The part of the plot diagram where everything happens AFTER the climax.

This is the part of the plot diagram where the ending occurs.

the series of events that happen in a story