Story Structure Terms
The characters.
Who are the people or animals that appear in the story?
The setting of a story.
What is when and where the story takes place?
A drama
What is a play?
The setting (at least 2 out of 3)
What is out in a field; inside the human's house; alien spaceship?
The problem
The alien wants to abduct the human, but he keeps messing up.
The events in a story.
What are the events that happen in the story; what happens in the beginning, middle, and end; the plot?
The problem in a story. The solution in a story.
What is the conflict or something that goes wrong?
What is the part of the story that solves the problem?
Dialogue
What are the words spoken between the characters?
The characters
Who is the human, and the aliens?
The solution
The aliens leave, believing they have abducted the human, but he is left behind on earth, in his bed, in a huge hole.
To compare and contrast events in a story.
What is to tell how the things that happen are similar (alike) or different.
The stage directions
What are the short notes that describe what a character is doing?
These are the details in a story that help you compare and contrast settings and events.
What are details such as pictures or character traits that can help identify where the story takes place and what is happening?
This is the event that caused the Mentor to jump in and help.
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What is the mentee failing his test?
What is the human falling to the ground, face first?
These are the details to support the fact that the mentee (small alien) is failing his test.
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pgs. 222-223... Midas was beginning to have some doubts about his wondrous new power. (Chapter 3)
This caused Midas to begin questioning the power he was so happy about in Chapter 2.
What is power means he can't eat or drink?
pgs. 236-237... The storyteller says this in Scene 1 that hints at what the play will be about?
What is the animals were once all a dull brown color?
Bonus: This is the furthest length Mrs. Killingsworth has ran in one race.
What is a half marathon - 13.2 miles?
The reason why the mentor gives the controls back to the mentee.
What is the Mentor feels bad for the Mentee because he failed the previous test?
The ultimate goal of the 'assessment'.
What is to abduct the human?
pgs. 222-223... This event in Chapter 2 builds on those of Chapter 1.
What is Midas shows his greed by turning everything into gold?
pgs. 236-237... These events in Scene 3 build on the events from Scene 1 of How the Animals Got their Beautiful Coats.
What is Scene 1 shows how mean the hyena is to the tortoise, and Scene 3 shows how the tortoise makes sure the hyena's appearance matches his actions?
Bonus: This is the military branch of Mr. Killingsworth.
What is the United States Army?
Character traits of the Mentor.
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What is strict? What is professional? What is serious? What is helpful? What is caring?
Character traits of the mentee.
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What is determined? What is nervous? What is stressed? What is passionate?