Characterization
Story Elements
Plot Chart
Short Stories
Writing
100
This type of characterization includes clothing, hair color, body type, etc.
What is physical description?
100
Series of events in a story.
What is plot?
100
This part of the story is revealed during this part of the plot chart. Readers learn that Margot lives on Venus in the future.
What is the exposition?
100
Influential science fiction writer who wrote "All Summer in a Day."
Who is Ray Bradbury?
100
This punctuation mark is used at the beginning and end of a quote.
What are quotation marks?
200
Everyone thinks that Margot is different and they are jealous of her - which readers know from this type of characterization.
What is how the other characters think and feel towards the character?
200
People, animals, or things that carry out the action in the story.
Who are the characters?
200
For the most part, all loose ends are tied up during this part.
What is the falling action?
200
When the sun comes out on Venus, is an example of what in a short story?
What is the climax?
200
These are used when you change a word or letter in a quote from its original form.
What are brackets?
300
Norma is overwhelmed by her desire to press the button. This is one of the six types of characterizaiton.
What is inner thoughts and feelings of the character?
300
Main idea of a story.
What is theme?
300
Spark is defined as this.
What is the event that sets off the rising action?
300
An example of this is when Norma and Arthur receive the button.
What is spark?
300
These are used to guide the reader connecting ideas, supporting details, or paragraphs.
What are transitional words and phrases?
400
Methods an author uses to reveal a character.
What is characterization?
400
You'll find examples of THIS, such as animal v. animal, in the story, which help drive the rising action and really become apparent during the climax.
What is conflict?
400
This part of the story is where readers see the majority of the action, as well as the conflict becoming stronger.
What is the rising action?
400
This television show has the five elements of a story?
What is the Twilight Zone?
400
This is what you put at the end of a direct quote to show where you got the info from.
What is a citation?
500
This type of characterization is different from the other five.
What is author telling the reader directly?
500
When and where a story takes place.
What is setting?
500
This is the end of the story.
What is the resolution?
500
This person was influential in science fiction and horror writing. He also wrote the episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet."
Who is Richard Matheson?
500
This word is a fancy word for "dot dot dot."
What is ellipsis?
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