| Characters | ||
| #1 | Character that stays the same throughout the story, hardly ever changes. |
What is static |
| #2 | Developing characters in a story | What is characterization |
| #3 | Character with more complete description or detail than a flat character. | What is dynamic |
| #4 | The author tells you what the characters are like | What is direct characterization |
| #5 | The author wants you to infer what the characters are like | What is indirect characterization |
| Plot I | ||
| #1 | The clash between opposing forces; struggle | What is conflict |
| #2 | The most intense or crucial moment or event when the tension reaches a peak. | What is climax |
| #3 | The story examines the consequences of the climax and the tension fades. | What is falling action |
| #4 | How the story's central problem is resolved; bringing the conflict to an end. | What is resolution |
| #5 | The beginning of the story where the characters and situation is introduced | What is exposition |
| Plot II | ||
| #1 | The events in the story | What is plot |
| #2 | Time and place in which the narrative occurs. | What is setting |
| #3 | A topic of discussion, writing; moral | What is theme |
| #4 | The feelings that the author intends for you to feel | What is mood |
| #5 | The language or diction that the author uses | What is style |
| Figurative Language | ||
| #1 | The repitition of initial sounds; consonant sounds | What is alliteration |
| #2 | Words of which the sound suggests meaning; Pow | What is onomatopoeia |
| #3 | A comparison two unlike objects or concepts using like or as. | What is simile |
| #4 | An exaggerated figure of speech. | What is hyperbole |
| #5 | Figure of speech giving humal like characteristics to non-human objects. | What is personification |
| More elements... | ||
| #1 | The perspective in which the story is told | What is point of view |
| #2 | Telling the story yourself, using I, me, my | What is first person |
| #3 | Telling the story using he/she; the author lets you know what everyone is thinking/feeling | What is third person omniscient |
| #4 | The author tells the story from one person's point of view using he/she | What is third person limited |
| #5 | The two type of conflict within a story | What is internal and external |
| Final Question | |
| The literary name for the hero of a story | What is protagonist |