Plot Pyramid
he background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story.
exposition
a daydream to be the owner of a chain of restaurants one day.
Fantasy
When you are reading and a character says or does something that's opposite (contradicts) what he has been saying or doing all along, you should stop and ask yourself: "Why is the character doing that?"
Contrasts/Contradictions
A story about a young girl who experiences bullying at school is set in a suburb of Atlanta, GA in the 1980s.
Setting
where is the location of your Christmas presents
Mystery
when the character realizes or finally understands something he has not known.
AHA moment
the event that sets the main character or characters on the journey that will occupy them throughout the narrative
Inciting Incident
A genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting.
Realistic Fiction
the point in the book when the writer. interrupts what's happening in the story to show us the main. character as he/she remembers something important.
Memory Moment
the section of a story that leads toward its climax.
Rising Action
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, and The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates
Historical Fiction
the scene in which a wiser character offers the main character advice that is helpful at this moment in the story but could also be helpful throughout life.
Words of the Wiser
In Romeo and Juliet, the climax is often recognized as being the moment when Romeo kills Tybalt.
Climax
a terrifying haunted house.
Horror
When a reader is tracking her comprehension and she comes across a situation where a character is reflecting on a big moment, they are asking themselves
Tough Questions