The elements of plot, character and story are provided in these literature flash cards for writers.
There are 27 flash cards in this set (7 pages to print.)
To use:
1. Print out the cards.
2. Cut along the dashed lines.
3. Fold along the solid lines.
Sample flash cards in this set:
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| genre | category or type of literature |
| fiction | writing about invented people, places, or events |
| short fiction | writing that focuses on a small number of events or on just one event; can usually be read in a singe sitting |
| plot | sequence of events in a fictional work |
| exposition | introduces a story's setting, characters, and situation |
| rising action | develops the conflicts, or problems, in the story |
| climax | point of greatest interest or suspense in the story |
| falling action | logical result of the climax |
| resolution | gives the story's final outcome |
| conflict | struggle between people, ideas, or forces |
| external conflict | a character struggles against some outside force, such as another person, animal, nature, or society |
| internal conflict | a character struggles between his or her own opposing feelings or goals |
| characters | the individuals in a fictional work |
| protagonist | main character; charcter the action revolves around |
| antagonist | person or force in society or nature who opposes the main character |
| characterization | methods the author uses to develop a character |
| direct characterization | author makes direct statements about a caracter |
| indirect characterization | author reveals a character through the character's words and actions and through what other characters think and say about the character |
| narrator | individual telling the story |
| point of view (vantage point) | standpoint from which a story is told |
| first-person point of view | narrator is a character in the story using "I" |
| third-person point of view | narrator is someone otside the story |
| third-person limited point of view | outside narrator tells events as only one character perceives them |
| third-person omniscient | the "all-knowing" outside narrator knows everything about all the characters and events |
| theme | central message of a story; may be stated directly or need to be implied; the message about life as understood by the reader |
| dialogue | written conversation between characters in a story |
| setting | time and place of action in a work of fiction; includes the customs, values, and beliefs of a place or time, weather, clothing, transportation, scenery, etc. |
