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Protagonist main character. Traits characteristics. Physical Mental Moral behavioral. antagonist. Differences. motivations. Primary motivation Is it reasonable? Does he/she fully understand the motivations?. Dynamic ( round). Is the protagonist changed? Or tested
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Traitscharacteristics • Physical • Mental • Moral • behavioral
antagonist • Differences
motivations • Primary motivation • Is it reasonable? • Does he/she fully understand the motivations?
Dynamic ( round) • Is the protagonist • changed? • Or • tested • by the events of the story?
Static (flat ) • Fixed character • Stock character
settings • Time—when • Place (space)—where • Atmosphere Mood • Backdrop context
settings • External reality • Internal reality (personality)
Plot • Exposition • Rising action • Conflicts • Complication • Suspense
Foreshadowing • Crisis • Climax • Falling action • Conclusion • Denouement • Resolution • revelation
Chronological order • In medias res • (in the middle of things) • Flashback • Retrospect
Point of View • Narrative perspective • Narrator a Participant (first person) • 1. a major character • 2. a minor character
Narrator a nonparticipant (third person) • 1. all knowing --- omniscient • 2. seeing into one major character • 3. seeing into one minor character • 4. objective – fly on the wall
Stream of consciousness • Interior monologue
theme • General idea or insight the entire story reveals