PRACTICES (IMPORTANT) on quiz

Point of view

Type of narration in a literary text

Narrator

Character or outside observer telling the story

Perspective

Attitude or way of viewing something

Development

What an author does to create a point of view or perspective

3RD person

Narrator is outside the story

2ND person

Narrator speaks directly to the reader

Limited

Type of third person where the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character ( or no characters)

1ST person

Narrator is in the story

Omniscient

Type of third person where the narrator has unlimited, all-knowing knowledge

Plot

Sequence of events that take place in a story

Conflict

Struggle or problem in a story

Character

Person, figure, inanimate object, or animal with a role in the story

Setting

Time and place of a story

Exposition

Important characters and setting introduced with an intro to the central conflict

Rising action

Longest part of plot where it rises and builds with tension and suspense

Climax

Point of highest suspense/tension where central conflict is resolved

Falling action

Story winds down, plot points resolved, and tension is released

Resolution

Main characters settle into a new normal ( or this part is hinted at or skipped entirely.