elements of a story

Question 1

plot

Answer 1

the action of the story, a series of physical or mental events that are related

Question 2

linear plot

Answer 2

majority of the narrative is told in the order the events originally occur

Question 3

fractured plot

Answer 3

out of order, jumps through timeline

Question 4

circular plot

Answer 4

ends where story began

Question 5

parallel plot

Answer 5

multiple storylines that are somehow tied together

Question 6

narrative arc - beginning

Answer 6

intro, exposition, conflict

Question 7

narrative arc - middle

Answer 7

rising action, climax, falling action

Question 8

end

Answer 8

resolution (denouement)

Question 9

internal conflict

Answer 9

man v self

Question 10

external conflict

Answer 10

man v someone, something, nature, society, etc

Question 11

tension

Answer 11

sense that something ominous is coming

Question 12

PAIRS

Answer 12

physical description, actions, inner thoughts, reactions of others, speech

Question 13

setting

Answer 13

time, place, and environment

Question 14

backdrop setting

Answer 14

time + place are hard to identify

Question 15

integral setting

Answer 15

time + place are important to the story

Question 16

atmosphere

Answer 16

general feeling of the story (reactions of reader)

Question 17

first person

Answer 17

i, me, my, we

Question 18

central narrator

Answer 18

protagonist tells own story

Question 19

peripheral narrator

Answer 19

tells about someone else

Question 20

second person

Answer 20

you, yourself, your

Question 21

third person

Answer 21

narrator is outside observer

Question 22

3rd limited

Answer 22

focus on 1 character

Question 23

3rd omniscient

Answer 23

narrator knows and sees all, including thoughts, passes judgement

Question 24

3rd objective

Answer 24

doesn’t know thoughts, doesn’t pass judgement or comments

Question 25

irony

Answer 25

demonstrates contrast between expectation and reality

Question 26

dramatic irony

Answer 26

writer tells something to the reader the characters don’t know

Question 27

verbal irony

Answer 27

speaker means something different from what is actually said

Question 28

situational irony

Answer 28

expected outcome is different from what actually occurs