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Story Terms
For test Wednesday
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Category | Genre |
| Each genre ____. | Divides |
| Prose, Poetry, and drama are | Genres |
| Made up stories are | Fiction |
| Novels and short stories are | Prose Fiction |
| Ordinary form of writing | Prose |
| Some Fake Characters, Real setting | Realistic Fiction |
| Futuristic story | Science Fiction |
| Mythical, imaginary worlds with supernatural elements | Fantasy |
| Story that involves a puzzle | Mystery |
| Tells about a person's life | Biography |
| How the characters are introduced by the writing by looks, acts, and thinks | Characterization |
| Takes place when a writer lets you draw your conclusions on a character | Indirect Charcterization |
| When and Where the action takes place | Setting |
| The sequence of events in a story, usually built around a conflict | Plot |
| When a character battles against some outside force such as a person, group or force of nature | External Conflict |
| Takes place inside of the character's mind, struggles over an important decision | Internal conflict |
| Opening part, introduces characters, conflict, and setting | Exposition |
| Builds suspense because of the conflict | Rising Action |
| When the conflict becomes clear | Climax |
| What the story is told from | Point of View |
| Person outside the story telling it | Third Person Point of View |
| The message the author wants to share | Theme |