PLOT & CONFLICT
This part of the plot introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation.
What is the exposition?
A theme should be written as this, not a single word.
What is a complete sentence?
The character who opposes the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
The genre of The Monkey’s Paw.
What is horror?
What sound the narrator believes he hears.
What is a heartbeat?
A conflict that takes place within a character’s mind.
What is internal conflict?
A character who does not change significantly.
What is a static character?
The person who tells the story.
What is the narrator?
This literary element hints at future events.
What is foreshadowing?
The cause of Herbert’s death.
What is a factory accident?
The Whites versus fate in The Monkey’s Paw is this type of conflict.
What is Man vs. Nature?
This element often reveals theme through growth or change.
What is character development?
This element includes time and place.
What is setting?
A story that could realistically happen.
What is realistic fiction?
Where the narrator of "The Tell Tale Heart" hides the body.
What is under the floorboards?
The event that sets the main conflict of the story in motion.
What is the inciting incident?
A character who changes over the course of the story.
What is a dynamic character?
Theme is different from this element, which focuses on what happens.
What is plot?
What is it called when an author implies a character's traits?
What is Indirect Characterization
How often the sun appears on Venus in "All Summer in a Day"
What is once every seven years?
In The Tell-Tale Heart, the narrator’s guilt represents this conflict.
What is internal conflict? (person vs. self)
Theme should apply beyond the story to this.
What is real life? (Universally, broadly, the world outside the text)
This literary element represents a deeper meaning beyond itself.
What is symbolism?
The author’s attitude toward the subject or characters.
What is tone?
The narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart is best described as this. (type of narrator - NOT narrative POV)
What is unreliable?