Week 7-8

Question 1

Pertains to the lens that the author
provides so that they will see the story in
a particular view and angle.
* Establishes who is telling or narrating the
story.

Answer 1

Point of View

Question 2

the most personal type of POV, use the pronoun I, me, myself.

Answer 2

First Person

Question 3

A rare type of POV, provides a different form of intimacy
by addressing the reader directly (‘you’) as if the reader
is a participant of the story.

Answer 3

Second Person

Question 4

The most common type of POV, The story is told through a narrator, who could be objective, limited, or omniscient.

Answer 4

Third Person

Question 5

The narrator knows what’s
happening but lacks insight into the mind of the characters.

Answer 5

Objective

Question 6

The narrator has deeper
knowledge about a character’s innermost thoughts.

Answer 6

Limited

Question 7

The narrator knows about
the events of the story as well as the
thoughts and motivations of characters.

Answer 7

Omniscient

Question 8

is the sequence of events through which your story is developed.
* is not the story itself. focuses on causality or how certain events
lead to another set of events.

Answer 8

Plot

Question 9

starts with exposition and follows a string of events leading to a definite climax and conclusion.

Answer 9

Linear Plot

Question 10

consists of several plots that are tied up into a single theme.

Answer 10

Episodic Plot

Question 11

Protagonist vs Antagonist

Answer 11

Character Vs Character

Question 12

Struggling in an unjust world

Answer 12

Character Vs Society

Question 13

Struggling with the natural
environment

Answer 13

Character Vs Nature

Question 14

The struggle between human
freedom and technological advancement

Answer 14

Character Vs Technology

Question 15

Combating otherworldly
forces

Answer 15

Character vs Supernatural

Question 16

Man’s desire (and failure) to overcome fate and God

Answer 16

Character vs Fate

Question 17

Struggling with one’s principles
(internal conflict)

Answer 17

Character vs Self

Question 18

What is the standard plotline?

Answer 18

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Denouement

Question 19

is a story told in four parts. This kind of storytelling is most closely associated with Japan, but it is also used in classic Chinese and Korean narratives.

Answer 19

Kishotenketsu Structure

Question 20

a structure that divides the narrative into 7 points. Each point, each new phase, brings something new to the story until you get to the final point

Answer 20

Seven-Point Structure

Question 21

This is the attitude or personality you bring to the story.

Answer 21

Voice

Question 22

Uses direct and accurate language that lacks emotion. It is characterized by smooth-flowing sentences and less connotative words.

Answer 22

Distant Voice

Question 23

is used for character-driven stories and for stories that involve significant character development and emotion

Answer 23

Close voice

Question 23

***** is how you say what you say. It makes your writing uniquely yours.

Answer 23

Style

Question 24

the ***** of a story is a statement, or series of relevant observations, about some aspect of the human condition, interpreted from the unique viewpoint of the author.

Answer 24

Theme

Question 25

Purposes of theme?

Answer 25

1. Give the reader a deeper significance of the story to people’s day to day lives.
2. Influence the reader’s behavior more than the entertainment it brings.
3. Depict and unify the central topic of the story in one word (e.g. love, death, hope) or in one statement (e.g. the power of friendship, racial divisions, a father’s love for his
   children).