Where and What?!
Character Crisis
Where is this going?
Who said what?!
Bunch O' Stuff
100
The __________ of a story can include time, place, and social conditions.
What is setting?
100
Usually the main character of a story.
What is the protagonist?
100
The sequence of events that has five essential parts.
What is plot?
100
The style of narration used to tell a story.
What is point of view?
100
Clues or hints that prepare the reader for future action or events.
What is foreshadowing?
200
Time answers the question "________ does the story take place?"
What is when?
200
Comes in contact/opposition with the protagonist (villain/enemy).
What is the antagonist?
200
Introduces the setting, character, mood, and conflict of the story. It creates interest.
What is the exposition?
200
This narrator uses "I" and participates in the action.
What is first person narrative?
200
Going back in time to reveal something that happened in the past.
What is flashback?
300
The purpose of place is to paint a ___________ in the reader's mind.
What is picture?
300
A character that basically stays the same throughout the story - traits don't develop or change.
What is a flat/static character?
300
Steps, actions, or details that get in the way of the main character reaching his/her goal. It builds suspense and leads to the climax of the story.
What is the rising action?
300
This narrator uses "he" and "she" and is an outside observer.
What is third person narrative?
300
Jumping ahead in time to reveal something that will happen in the future.
What is flash-forward?
400
The central idea, message, or lesson of the story.
What is theme?
400
Complex character who is well-developed and who changes for the good or bad.
What is a round/dynamic character?
400
The most exciting or tense part of the story (highest point of interest).
What is the climax?
400
This narrator can see, know, and tell about all of the characters of a story.
What is omniscient narrator?
400
Anticipation as to the outcome of events.
What is suspense?
500
Government monitoring of your every move or the right to speak your mind would fall under what part of setting?
What are social conditions?
500
Round/dynamic character from "Holes" that learns how to read from his new friend Stanley.
Who is Zero?
500
Loose ends of the plot are tied up. We may find out how the protagonist wins or loses the conflict.
What is the falling action?
500
This narrator can only see, know, and tell about one character.
What is limited omniscient narrator?
500
Contrast or contradiction of what is expected and actually happens.
What is irony?
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