Relier Pairs Elements of StoryVersion en ligne PFA Matching Activity par John Beard 1 exposition 2 foreshadowing 3 indirect characterization 4 direct characterization 5 suspense 6 dialogue 7 subjective point of view 8 climax 9 first person point of view 10 objective point of view includes the thoughts and feelings of one or more of the characters in a story a feeling of anxiety or anticipation as readers wait for an outcome when characters in a story speak when an author develops a character by describing how a character behaves, interacts with other characters, and how they speak using dialogue a narrative perspective restricted to that of the author/ narrator's thoughts and feelings as the central character the initial description of the characters in a story the author tells the audience what the personality of the character is a narrative perspective that does not follow any specific character or reveal character thoughts/ feelings the decisive point at which the reader knows how the conflict will be resolved gives hints about what will happen later in the story