Plot
Part of the plot where a reasonable ending occurs and conflicts are resolved.
What is the resolution?
A character that does not change in a story.
What is a static character?
A struggle between a character and a force of nature.
What is Man vs. Nature?
The narrator is a character in the story using I/me/we pronouns.
What is First Person?
A struggle in the mind of a character.
What is internal conflict?
Part of the plot where conflict develops and suspense builds.
What are the rising actions?
A character that changes significantly in a story.
What is a dynamic character?
A struggle a character has when making choices.
What is Man vs. Self?
The narrator knows the thoughts of one character using he/she/they pronouns.
What is Third Person?
A struggle between a character and any outside force.
What is external conflict?
Part of the plot where readers learn about the characters and setting of the story.
What is the exposition?
What the readers learn about the characters through their speech, thoughts, actions, effect on other, and looks.
Indirect Characterization
A struggle between a character and the majority of the community or surroundings.
What is Man vs. Society?
The narrator is speaking to the reader using you/your pronouns.
What is Second Person?
A message about life or human nature that is conveyed in a literary work.
What is a theme?
The part of the plot when Roger steals a purse.
What is the inciting incident?
The antagonist of "Dirk the Protector."
Who is Happy?
A struggle between a character and something beyond their understanding.
What is Man vs. Supernatural / Higher Power?
The point of view in "Thank You M'am."
What is Third Person?
An interruption of the action in a story to present events that took place at an earlier time.
What is a flashback?
The part of the plot when Dirk bites Happy's jeans.
What is the climax?
The protagonist of "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"
Who is Greg Ridley?
A struggle, or conflict, found in each of the short stories we've read.
What is Man vs. Man?
The point of view in "Dirk the Protector."
What is First Person?
When a writer provides hints that suggest future events in the story.
What is foreshadowing?