PlotPoint of ViewAtmosphere SettingForeshadowingCharacters FlashbackConflictTheme IronyMotivationSuspense SymbolAllusion

(Once upon a time…) Exposition: sets up the story by telling background, setting, & characters Rising Action: main part of the story where problems arise Climax: point of greatest intensity; the turning point Plot: The sequence of events that take place in a story.

Falling Action: contains dialogue & action leading to a satisfying ending Resolution: satisfying ending telling how problems are resolved …and they lived happily ever after.

Plot Line Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution

Time & Place (It was a dark and scary night….)

Authors present believable characters by: character’s actions & words character’s appearance character’s inner thoughts character’s background what other characters think & say about the character author commenting directly about a character

The reason a character behaves in a certain way

 The struggle that takes place between two opposing forces. EXTERNAL: (outside)  person against person  person against nature  person against society  person against unknown INTERNAL: (with in)  person against himself

Whois tellingthe story?  1st person: a character speaks directly to the reader & refers to him/herself as “I ”  3rd person: a narrator who is not a character & refers to all characters as “he” or “she”

Whatwill happennext? The author’s ability to make the reader uncertain or tense about what is to happen next. I can’t stand the suspense!

How does this writing make me feel? The mood or feeling that runs through a work of literature. Writers create atmosphere usually through their choice of details & description

The use of clues or hints by the author to prepare the reader for future developments in a story Foreshadowing helps us make predictions…and then we want to read on to see if our predictions come true!

An interruption of the action in a story to tell about something that happened earlier in time. FLASHBACK

The main idea in a work of literature Why did the author write this book? What is the author trying to tell us? What is his message?

A contrast between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen.

Characters who change little, if at all. Characters who change significantly over the course of a story.

The central or main character in a story. (The Good Guy) Works against the protagonist. (The Bad Guy)

Any person, place, or thing which has meaning in itself but which is made to represent, or stand for something else as well.

A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or event from literature, the arts, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, or science. For Example: The “I Have A Dream” speech alludes to the song “My Country, `Tis of Thee”