the people or actors in the story

the story revolves around the character

the character who acts against the protagonist

one who is not very developed

one who is multi-dimensional and complex

one who stays the same throughout the story

one who changes over the course of the story

a character the represents an obvious stereotype

a character as serves as a contrast to the protagonist, causing the attributes of the main character to be emphasized.

a descrpition of individuals in a story

time and location that a story takes place.

is how the author arranges events to develop the basic idea

beggining of the story;character, background, and setting revealed

events in the story become complicated; the conflict is revealed

the point of crisis in the plot. It may be the reader's point of highest interest.

resolution begins:events and complication start to fall into place.

the part of the plot that reveals the final outcome

essential to plot, opposition ties incidents together and moves the plot.

struggle within one's self

struggle with a force outside one's self

the storyteller from whose point of view the story is being told by the narrator

story told by the protagonist;speaker uses the pronouns "I", "me" and "we"

stroy by a narrator who addreses tye reader or some other assumed "you" ; speaker uses pronuouns "you", "your",and "yours"

story told by a narrator who sees all the action ;

POV for a beggining writer to use, it funnels all action through the eyes of a single character ; readers only see what the narrator sees.

God-like, the narrator knows and sees everything, and can move from one character's mind to another.

story throught child's eyes; narrator's judgement is different from that of an adult.

technique where the author told the story based on the character's flow of thoughts and emotions

central message and underlying meaning of a fictional piece.

overall emotional "tone" or meaning of the story.