Plot Mountain
The part of the plot that introduces the characters and setting.
What is exposition?
The main character of a story.
Who is the protagonist?
The time and place of a story
What is setting?
The message or lesson about life in a story.
What is theme?
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
The highest point of tension; the turning point.
What is the climax?
The character or force working against the main character.
What is the antagonist?
The feeling a reader gets from a text.
What is mood?
Topic or theme: "friendship"?
What is a topic?
"The classroom was a zoo."
What is a metaphor?
The main problem or struggle in a story; it can be internal or external.
What is the conflict?
A character who changes over the course of the story.
What is a dynamic character?
The author's attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
True or false: a theme should include character names
What is false?
"The leaves danced in the wind."
What is personification?
The part of the plot that comes right after the climax.
What is the falling action?
A character whose opposite traits highlight another character's traits.
What is a foil?
"Thunder cracked over the abandoned house as the door creaked open." Name the mood.
What is suspenseful, creepy, or eerie?
Give a theme for The Tortoise and the Hare.
Example: Steady effort can beat talent that gets overconfident.
"I've told you a million times!"
What is hyperbole?
In The Three Little Pigs, the wolf blowing down the first two houses is part of this.
What is the rising action?
A character who stays the same from beginning to end.
What is a static character?
How can setting create conflict? Give an example.
Example: a blizzard trapping characters (character vs. nature).
Name two ways a reader can find the theme.
Character change, lesson learned, how the conflict ends, the title. (any two)
Buzz, pop, and sizzle are examples of this. Spell it for the points!
What is onomatopoeia?