Plot: Exposition - Answers Sets the story up, introduces characters and gives some background.
Plot: Conflict (five types) - Answers a. person vs person
b. person vs self
c. person vs nature
d. person vs society
e. person vs supernatural
Plot: Rising Action - Answers complication or development in the conflict
Plot: Climax - Answers turning point in the story; most intense moment
Plot: Falling Action/Denouement - Answers events that lead to resolution
Resolution - Answers the results of the conflict
four types of characterization - Answers a. physical description
b. speech and action of the character
c. direct comment from the narrator
d. speech and action from other characters
4 types of characters: round - Answers complex or presented in detail
4 types of characters: dynamic - Answers developing and learning in the course of the story
4 types of characters: flat - Answers characterized by one or two traits
4 types of characters: static - Answers unchanged from the stories beginning to end
5 themes of literature and analyzing characters - Answers a. motivation
b. behaviour
c. consequences
d. responsibility
e. expectations
Mood: setting - Answers the time/place where the story is taking place. includes weather and
social customs