The events that give the reader background information needed to understand the story. The introduction to the story usually reveals the setting, the major characters, and the basic situation.

The central idea or message of a story/narrative;

universal truth that goes beyond the text and can be inferred by the reader.

The major events that develop the

plot and lead to the climax; the conflict(s) and events get more complicated.

What is 1st person point of view?

What is the term used to describe the main character struggling against an outside force?

Characters who are not fully developed, only show one or two traits.

Characters who are well developed, show many different traits; complex characters who are seen from many angles.

What POV is it when the narrator is a voice outside of the story who relates the events from the point of view from one of the characters?

The narrator is a voice outside of the story who is all-seeing and all-knowing; the narrator may relate actions, comment on behaviour, go inside the minds of multiple characters, and tell the reader what multiple characters are thinking and feeling.

An external conflict where the protagonist is against a larger group trying to "right the wrongs" happening in the world is called ________________________.

The atmosphere or overall feeling of the story is the...

Characters who do not change during the course of the story.

Characters who develop and grow during the course of the story.

One type of external conflict where the protagonist struggles against the antagonist (either as a single person or a small group of people) is called ____________________-.