Plot Structure
Plot Structure/Elements of stories
Perspective
Conflict
"Everyday Hoop Court"
100

The struggle or problem in a story

What is the conflict

100

the time and place for a story

What is the setting

100

When a narrator uses 'you' or 'your' to give advice or instructions

What is 2nd person POV

100

A conflict that takes place inside a person's mind

Internal conflict

100

What narrative goal/technique does the author use to make us feel for the striving basketball player?

Empathy

200

the force that a main character in a story struggles with

What is the antagonist

200

the beginning of a story wherein the characters, setting and conflict are introduced

What is the exposition

200

When the author utilizes the pronoun "I" and reveals the thoughts and feelings of only ONE character

What is first person point of view

200

A conflict that takes place in a person's immediate environment

External Conflict

200

The job previously held by the individual who buys offers to buy the main character a hot dog and coke

What is a security guard?

300

the character we root for

What is the protagonist

300

the action or sequence of events in a story

What is the plot

300

when the author uses "he" or "she" and reveals the thoughts and actions of many characters

What is third person point of view

300

Name two sources of external conflict in Everyday Hoop Court.

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300

The main setting of "Everyday Hoop Court"

What is the basketball court or gym?

400

when the problem or struggle is resolved

What is the resolution

400

When the narrator tells the reader important aspects of people in the story

What is direct characterization

400

When a narrator knows one character's thoughts or feelings

What is 3rd person limited

400

Iron Man vs. Thanos

Who is the protagonist?

Iron Man

400

Name three minor characters from Everyday Hoop Court

The father, Dante, ex security guard...
500

the most exciting part of the story; part of highest tension

What is the climax

500

what a character does, says, or thinks

What is indirect characterization

500

When a narrator knows more than one character's thoughts or feelings

What is 3rd person omniscient

500

Katniss Everdeen vs. the Capitol in The Hunger Games

Name the Antagonist and Protagonist

Katniss - Protagonist

The Capitol - Antagonist

500

The author of the story

Who is Matt de la Pena?

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