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