Parts of a Story

Question 1

the ways in which the author shows how a character changes as the story proceeds

Answer 1

Character Development

Question 2

a person’s essential quality or personality

Answer 2

Character Traits

Question 3

the method used by the author to give readers information about the character; a description or representation of a person’s qualities or peculiarities

Answer 3

Characterization

Question 4

a person or animal that takes part in action of a story, play, or other literary work

Answer 4

Characters

Question 5

the point in a story that creates the most suspense or interest

Answer 5

Climax

Question 6

a struggle or clash between the opposing characters or forces

Answer 6

Conflict

Question 7

the writer makes a direct statement about a character’s personality and tells what the character is like

Answer 7

Direct Characterization

Question 8

a literary or dramatic character that encounters a conflict and is changed by it; an important inner change; a change in personality or attitude

Answer 8

Dynamic Character

Question 9

the beginning of a story that tells us who the characters are and usually what their conflict is

Answer 9

Exposition

Question 10

a struggle between a person and an outside force

Answer 10

External Conflict

Question 11

when the outcome of the story is decided one way or another

Answer 11

Falling Action

Question 12

a character that isn’t described well or not given much information about; a flat character often lacks a complete and realistic personality

Answer 12

Flat Character

Question 13

the writer reveals information about a character through the character’s thoughts, words, actions, looks, and clothing, or what other characters think and say about them

Answer 13

Indirect Characterization

Question 14

a struggle or problem that takes place within the character’s mind

Answer 14

Internal Conflict

Question 15

the series of related events that make up a story; consists of an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

Answer 15

Plot

Question 16

the final part of the story in which the conflict is resolved and the story is brought to a close

Answer 16

Resolution

Question 17

a part of the plot when complications arise and the characters have to take steps to resolve the conflict

Answer 17

Rising Action

Question 18

a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are described in great detail by the author; the main character in a story is almost always round

Answer 18

Round Character

Question 19

a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change over the course of the story or novel

Answer 19

Static Character

Question 20

the uncertainty or anxiety you feel about what will happen next in a story

Answer 20

Suspense