Independent Novel Guide for Junior English Students

The protagonist in a novel is

• the problem

• object that represents something else

• the main character that changes throughout the novel

• the who or what that causes the problem

The symbol in a novel

• can be an object that represents something else

• causes the problem

• tells the end of the story

• highest point of action at the end of the story

The climax in the story

• the time and place of the story

• struggle between man

• reveals the antagonist

• the probblem

The who or what that causes the conflict or problem in the story

• protagonist

• complication

• resolution

• antagonist

The five conflicts are:

• man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature, man vs. morals, man vs. supernatural

• man vs. supernatural, man vs. nature, man vs. others, man vs. self, man vs. society

• man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. society, man vs. supernatural, man vs. nature

• man vs. nature, man vs. self, man vs. God, man vs. supernatural, man vs. society

The point of view

• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person

• 1st and 2nd person

• 2nd and 3rd person

• 1st and 3rd person

Short stories and novels have one overriding problem throughout the story, that is called

• climax

• conflict

• resolution

• complication

The theme of a story

• lesson about life or people we can learn from reading the story

• the highest point of action in the story

• the struggle between the protagonist and the antagonist

• the end of the story

The resolution of the story is simply

• the plot

• the problem

• the key events

• the end of the story

The time and place of the story

• conflict

• complication

• setting

• point of view