Characters
Plot Points
Frankenstein
Essay Writing
Misc.
100
This is a leading character in a story who is occasionally, but not always, a hero.
What is a protagonist?
100
This moment is the peak of action, turning point, or moment of greatest emotional intensity.
What is the climax?
100

This person wrote Frankenstein.

Who is Mary Shelley?
100
This appears at the end of the introduction and should make an argumentative claim.
What is the thesis?
100
A red rose, a skull and crossbones, and a heart are examples of what?
What is a symbol?
200
This character committed a horrible act against an entire family in a short story by Flannery O'Connor.
Who/what is The Misfit?
200
The entire plot takes place in this location in "The Yellow Wallpaper."
What is the bedroom (with the ugly wallpaper)?
200
This person is who Robert Walton writes to (include the name).
Who is his sister Margaret?
200
These appear at the beginning of each body paragraph and explain how the main point relates to the thesis.
What are topic sentences?
200
This is the time and place in a literary work.
What is setting?
300
This kind of character is deep and complex with motivations and desires.
What is a round character?
300
What is the inciting incident in "Cathedral?" 
What is, the narrator learns Robert is coming to visit?
300
What type of character is Henry Clerval? Use the terms (dynamic/static) and (round/flat).
What is a static, flat character?
300
This is where you restate the thesis without saying it word-for-word.
What is the conclusion?
300
This is the deeper meaning conveyed by a work in its entirety.
What is theme?
400
This kind of character can be written in first or third person point of view and describes the action to the reader.
Who/what is the narrator?
400
This plot point presents readers with a new and at least somewhat stable situation.
What is the conclusion?
400
This person is the author's mother, whose writings largely influenced her to write.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
400
These sentences appear at the end of each body paragraph and connect to the next main point.
What are transitions?
400
She wrote the short story "Love Medicine."
Who is Louise Erdrich?
500
Characters experience this internally and/or externally; drives the plot.
What is conflict?
500
"Sonny's Blues" has a lot of this; it appears as extensive flashback, and it creates meaning in the story.
What is exposition?
500

What genre of fiction is Frankenstein?

What is frame narrative; or, gothic narrative?
500
This is the minimum word count for your novel essay. 
What is 1900 words?
500
This pyramid maps out basic plot structures for stories.
What is Freytag's pyramid?
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