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Story Elements Vocab
Term | Definition |
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protagonist | "hero" or “heroine” of the story |
antagonist | character who provides conflict in a story - "villain" |
setting | time and place in which the story takes place |
conflict | a struggle or a problem in the story that needs to be resolved |
internal conflict | struggle within a character |
external conflict | character struggles against another character |
climax | the turning point of the story, the most suspenseful part of the story |
first person point of view | narrator is a character in the story and uses words like "I" and “me” |
third person omniscient point of view | all knowing point of view; narrator relates the thoughts and feelings of several or all characters |
third person limited point of view | narrator relates the thoughts and feeling of one character |
theme | message about life or human nature conveyed in a literary work |
resolution | how the problem is solved in a story;usually at the end of the story |
point of view | perspective from which the story is told |