Creative Writing: Middle School: Plot Development, List 1

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  1. audience
    the part of the general public interested in something
  2. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  3. setting
    the context and environment in which something is situated
  4. narrator
    someone who tells a story
  5. speaker
    the narrative voice of a poem (as distinct from the poet)
  6. point of view
    the perspective from which a story is told
  7. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  8. first person
    narration from the point of view of the speaker or narrator
  9. second person
    narration from the point of view of the listener
  10. third person
    narration from the point of view of those being described
  11. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
  12. character
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction
  13. characterization
    a vivid verbal description
  14. protagonist
    the principal character in a work of fiction
  15. antagonist
    the main character who opposes the protagonist in a narrative or play
Created on Tue Jul 26 13:54:35 EDT 2022 (updated Wed Jun 04 14:13:20 EDT 2025)

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