Character Types
Name that Plot Element
This is an Example of...
Fill in the Blank
True or False
100
A main character (usually the "hero" or "good guy/girl")
A protagonist
100

A story's chain of related events... It is sometimes known as "Story Mountain"

A plot diagram

100

The turning point of the story. 

Climax

100
Last night, I went to the movie theater and saw a superhero film. However, I didn't understand all of it because the movie's __________________ was really complicated with lots of "twists and turns."
Plot
100

The protagonist is more important than the antagonist.

True (The protagonist is our main character)

200
The character who struggles against the main character. Sometimes, but not all the time, this character is the "villain" or "bad guy"
The antagonist
200
The part of the story where conflict develops and suspense is building... It is usually the longest part of the story.
The rising action
200

What is this an example of? Catherine is a 12 year old girl who has rules for her brother. A new girl moves next door. She makes a new friend in OT named Jason. Then Jason and Catherine get into a big fight. Catherine meets Jason at the dance and they have fun. Catherine learns to accept her brother and Jason and not wish they were something else.

A plot

200
The movie's _____________ was took place in the future (year 2050), in a planet from another solar system.
Setting
200
The climax of the story occurs when the conflict begins
False (The conflict begins during the rising action.)
300

A character who does not change throughout the story.

A static character

300
The end of the story where you find out how everything has turned out... Hopefully it's a happy ending!
The resolution
300

What is this an example of? As the sun set in the evening sky, Malcolm slowly turned and walked toward his home. All was silent and still. Through the window, he could see his older brother James watching a football game on the TV. James was home from his first year of college in the city.

The setting

300
The ____________ of the movie was that the bad guy was trying to take over the world, and the hero had to defend the planet.
Antagonist
300
Rising action is where the conflict is resolved.
False (The conflict is solved in the resolution)
400
A character that changes during the story. Something happens in the story to cause the character to change their way of thinking
Dynamic character
400
The most exciting and intense part of the story... What the rising action has been leading up to
The climax
400

What is this an example of? The prince married the princess the very next day. They lived happily ever after.

Resolution

400
When it came to the most intense part of the movie, the __________________, I was so caught up in the movie, I didn't even feel my phone vibrate!
Climax
400
The setting is found at the beginning of a story. It tells us the "when" and "where" a story is taking place.
True
500

A character who is there to advance the plot, but is not always present throughout the story.

A minor character

500
The introduction to the setting, characters, and conflict of the story... Helps the reader visualize and understand the story
The exposition
500

What are these an example of? Shrek, Harry Potter, Woody or Greg Heffley

Protagonists

500
In the end, the _________________ was that everyone lived happily ever after.
Resolution
500
The antagonist and protagonist always get along by the end of the story.
False (Sometimes the protagonist and antagonist never become friends)
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