Plot Map
It's the official beginning of a story, when things like setting or characters are established.
What is the exposition?
It's the only time I'm in a fight with me, myself, & I.
What is person v. self?
It's the basic word for a synopsis.
What is a summary?
It's a kind of "informal language" everyday people speak on the street or in a neighborhood to make things seem authentic.
What is slang or dialect?
It's a book or story that's made up or make-believe.
What is fiction?
As the action begins, think "going up"
What is rising action?
When Casper the Friendly Ghost comes calling, it's gonna be this kind of conflict.
What is person v. paranormal or supernatural?
He or she is the writer of the story.
What is the author?
One of these tells the reader what kind "interactions" are going on in a story.
What is a conflict?
It's a book or story, or article, that tells about a real event or incident.
What is nonfiction?
It's the peak of a story.
What is the climax?
What is person v. nature?
He or she is the speaker of the story.
What is the narrator?
Usually, when an event or incident happens, you think back to earlier hints or clues.
What is foreshadowing?
Characters are to fiction as _____ are to nonfiction.
What are subjects?
It's the action that begins to come down.
What is declining or falling action?
When Dexter and his sister, Dee Dee, get to fussing with each other, someone's likely to get hurt.
Major or minor, they are the "people" in the story.
What are the characters?
It's an event that happens out of sequence but explains or shows something from the past.
What is a flashback?
Written by Jason Reynolds, ___ is a fictional story about a boy names Will who wants to avenge his brother's death.
What is Long Way Down?
When the author attempts to tie up all the loose ends in a story?
What is the denouement?
We want to take a walk with our dog, but Robo Patrol is assigned to our sector, and we don't want any trouble with Police-us Please-us.
What is person v. machines or technology?
It's the main action in a story.
What is the plot?
Whether it's aliens fighting cowboys in outer space, or anchovies invading Mr. Krabs' underwater place in Bikini Bottom, you've gotta have a healthy dose of this belief for the story to be "true."
What is willful suspension of disbelief?
Written by Jacqueline Woodson, this memoir chronicles the author's life growing up in the Midwest and deep South before settling down in the New York City area.
What is Brown Girl Dreaming?